By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday December 18, 2024
Donna Vekic has added a Grand Slam successful coach to her crew.
The Croatian, who parted methods with coach Nikola Horvat in November, has added Sascha Bajin, the previous hitting accomplice of Serena Williams and coach of Naomi Osaka, to her crew.
Vekic, who received the Olympic silver medal in singles this 12 months and likewise reached the Wimbledon semifinals, introduced the information on her Instagram just lately.
🇵🇱 Sascha Bajin nowym trenerem Donny Vekić.🇬🇧 Sascha Bajin is the brand new coach of Donna Vekić.
📸 Donna Vekić | Instagram | #czasnatenis pic.twitter.com/akdlq0rchk
— Z kortu – informacje tenisowe | Tennis information (@z_kortu) December 6, 2024
Vekic, presently ranked No.19, is only one spot shy of her career-high rating. She is going to reportedly maintain Pam Shriver as a part of her crew. The Corridor of Famer has been in Vekic’s camp in an advisory position since 2022.
She turned the primary Croatian lady to succeed in the Wimbledon semifinals since 1999 this summer time, earlier than turning into the primary lady from her nation to earn an Olympic medal weeks later in Paris.
Bajin obtained his begin because the hitting accomplice for Serena Williams then guided Naomi Osaka to a pair of main titles, on the 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian Open. He later labored with Kristina Mladenovic, Dayana Yastremska, and spent two years with former World No.1 Karolina Pliskova, guiding the Czech star to the Wimbledon remaining in 2021.
