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on september 14, beijing time, former world no. 1 in women's tennis singles naomi osaka announced that she had ended her partnership with coach fissette. last year, fissette unilaterally announced the termination of the contract with zheng qinwen.

subsequently, the topic "the coach who betrayed zheng qinwen lost his job" topped the weibo hot search list.

at the end of september last year, zheng qinwen revealed after winning the asian games that fissette broke the contract without authorization and jumped to osaka naomi's team, which caused harm to her and her family. "this is his personal choice, i can understand it, but it is unethical to do so. i don't want to mention this person now."

belgian coach fissette is one of the most famous coaches in the wta. he started coaching in 2009 and helped kim clijsters win two 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. naomi osaka's cooperation with fissette can be divided into two periods, the second of which started last summer, when naomi osaka was training for her postpartum comeback.

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after the 2023 french open, fissette began to work with zheng qinwen. frankly speaking, the cooperation between the two was quite successful. in just over three months, zheng qinwen first won his first career title in palermo and then entered the quarterfinals of the grand slam for the first time at the us open. during that time, both sides praised each other.

after fisset unilaterally tore up the cooperation agreement, zheng qinwen repeatedly expressed "respect but no forgiveness."

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.

it is worth mentioning that this year zheng qinwen played against naomi osaka twice in rome and berlin, and won both times. after the rome match, zheng qinwen was asked about fissette in an interview.

she said, "if you asked me about this a few months ago, i think i would say that this is annoying and i want to get rid of this frustration. but talking about this matter six or seven months later, i want to say that this is an ordinary game. i treat naomi osaka as an ordinary opponent. i have more respect for her. as a female player, i know how difficult it is for her to return to the court after becoming a mother. i pay tribute to every player who returns to the court after becoming a mother."