“It’s laughable.” The reaction of the former coach of Serena Williams when she learned that Patrick Mouratoglou is returning to the WTA circuit with Naomi Osaka, after destroying the career of Simona Halep

Rennae Stubbs (53), a former Australian tennis coach who also trained Serena Williams (42), had a strange reaction on social media when she found out that Patrick Mouratoglou (54) was returning to the WTA circuit and will be the new employee of the Japanese Naomi Osaka (26 years old – 76 WTA).

It is the first collaboration that Mouratoglou undertakes at the level of professional women’s tennis, after about two years ago he destroyed the career of Simona Halep (32 years old – 1132 WTA).

Rennae Stubbs lashed out at X after learning of the collaboration between Patrick Mouratoglou and Naomi Osaka! What Serena Williams’ former coach was able to write

Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach who destroyed the career of Simona Halep about two years ago, will start a collaboration with the Japanese Naomi Osakawhich he plans to bring back into the limelight.

Inevitably, Simona Halep was also asked about Mouratoglou’s return to the WTA circuitand the athlete from Romania had a diplomatic reaction and said that she foresees “a pretty good collaboration” between the French and the Japanese. It should be remembered that, in the end, Patrick Mouratoglou took all the blame for the fact that Simona Halep was found doped, because he recommended a food supplement that turned out to be contaminated with a banned substance.

We are in normal relations, neither good nor bad”, said Simona Halep, about the one who canceled her chance to play in the WTA circuit for two years.

Coming back to the team Mouratoglou and Osaka will make, an interesting reaction also came from Australia. Rennae Stubbs, former tennis coach who also took care of Serena Williams’ career, like Mouratoglou, said she was surprised by the choice of the Japanese. Naomi Osaka dismissed Wim Fissette (44), who had agreed to return with her at the beginning of 2024, and shortly after chose the controversial Patrick Mouratoglou:

Taylor Swift’s song “If I was a man” just hit me today. The world of tennis coaches is a laughing stock,” wrote Rennae Stubbs, on her X pageformerly Twitter, without providing further details.

Rennae Stubbs coached Serena Williams in 2022 for a short time. The two teamed up at the US Open 2022. From the WTA circuit, the Australian also collaborated with Karolina Pliskova, Samantha Stosur, Zhang Shuai and Eugenie Bouchard.

Naomi Osaka and Wim Fissette have definitively broken off their collaboration

Naomi Osaka and Wim Fissette began working together in 2019, and the Belgian coach helped her win two of her four Grand Slam titles: the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open.

Then, in 2022, Fissette was fired by Naomi Osaka, just before the Japanese took an indefinite break from tennis. The athlete from Japan got pregnant and returned to the WTA circuit only at the beginning of 2024. And the coach she co-opted in her new project was also Wim Fissette. But after a few months, when the Japanese was not satisfied with the results, Osaka dismissed the Belgian again.

Four years, two Grand Slam titles and lots of memories. Thanks Wim for being a great coach and an even greater person. I wish you all the best,” Naomi Osaka wrote on Instagram.

Naomi Osaka was eliminated in the 2nd round at the US Open 2024, score 3-6, (5)6-7 by Karolina Muchova (28 years – 51 WTA).