Groenefeld accuses former coach of giving opponents help
This is some more old news, but I am catching up, like my last post.
The secret to beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld is being passed around the women’s tour by her former coach, the German player said Tuesday.
Groenefeld, who has dropped from the top 20 to No. 109 in the WTA rankings, lost for the 13th time in 17 matches this season when 185th-ranked Nika Ozegovic beat her 6-3, 6-2 in the first round at Wimbledon.
Groenefeld split from former coach Rafael Font de Mora last year, and on Tuesday she accused him of helping her opponents.
“He still thinks he’s the man of the world,” Groenefeld said. “It’s not easy right now. He goes up to my opponent, and someone is coming up to me and telling me, yeah, he gave them all the tactics how she had to play me today.
“When you know that, it’s always in your head and you just can’t throw it away.”
Groenefeld said she worked with Font de Mora for three years and always had a good relationship with him.
“I think that’s just his way of dealing with it,” Groenefeld said. “It’s sad to see that after such a long time he’s like this. But I don’t want to go down to his level. It’s just sad to see a guy doing things like this.” findlaw.com (cached on Google)
Tennis Magazine commented that the real reason might be that she is fat.