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on september 14, four-time grand slam winner and former world no. 1 naomi osaka announced that her second cooperation with grand slam champion coach fissette has ended. this also means that fissette, who "backstabbed" zheng qinwen last year and unilaterally announced the termination of the contract to join naomi osaka's team, is now unemployed again.

on september 14, japanese tennis star naomi osaka updated her instagram today.

naomi osaka posted a photo of herself and her coach fissette and wrote: "4 years, 2 grand slams, and countless memories. thank you wim, you are an excellent coach and an even better person. i wish you all the best in the future."

osaka's partnership with fissette is divided into two parts. the second part started last summer when osaka trained for her postpartum comeback. under fissette's coaching, osaka won two grand slam titles, the 2020 us open and the 2021 australian open.

this year, naomi osaka returned to the court in brisbane. her best result so far this season is reaching the quarterfinals twice. she is currently ranked 75th in the world. after her comeback, she also defeated six top 20 players in the world, including defeating ostapenko at the us open, the first victory over a top 10 player in more than four years. however, overall, naomi osaka's overall performance this year is relatively mediocre.

belgian coach fissette is one of the most famous coaches in the wta. he started coaching in 2009 and helped clijsters win two consecutive grand slam titles and become the world no. 1. later, players such as kerber, halep and naomi osaka also won grand slam titles under his coaching.

in mid-2023, zheng qinwen gave up working with spanish coach riba, who had been working with him during his enlightenment period, and signed with belgian coach fissette, who has the title of grand slam champion coach. after playing in the 2023 us open with a quarterfinal result, zheng qinwen suddenly received a notice from fissette that he would switch to naomi osaka's team.

during the hangzhou asian games after the us open, zheng qinwen was emotional when he revealed in an interview that he was "abandoned" by his coach: "i say it again, i can understand his choice, although he violated the agreement, which is a very immoral incident. since this is his choice, i must respect it, although it has brought some harm to me and my family, so i don't want to mention that person now."

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it can be seen that in zheng qinwen's eyes, this matter has gradually faded. she has focused her attention on the court and is becoming more mature.

after being "abandoned" by the champion coach at last year's us open, zheng qinwen decided not to hire big names anymore. "if i become a big name player, my team will also be big names." from looking for big names to becoming a big name himself, zheng qinwen gave his own answer.

(source: upstream news comprehensive @beijing youth daily, beijing evening news, etc.)