Konta may find new coach tough to
work with, says Robson
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[August 26, 2020]
(Reuters) - Briton Johanna
Konta's decision to appoint Thomas Hogstedt as her coach to replace
Dimitri Zavialoff is a "weird choice" as the Swede can be difficult
to work with, her former Fed Cup team mate Laura Robson has said.
Hogstedt, who previously worked with Maria Sharapova, Caroline
Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka, is Konta's fifth coach in four
years.
Konta has made a strong start under Hogstedt's guidance and reached
the quarter-finals of the Western and Southern Open as she prepares
for next week's U.S. Open.
"Thomas Hogstedt seems like a very weird choice for me to pair with
Johanna Konta because they are so individual and so dead set on
whatever they think is best," Robson said while doing commentary on
Amazon Prime.
"He's known to be quite difficult to work with to the point where I
remember Sharapova would not go for dinner with him. I think they (Konta
and Hogstedt) might have a couple of long weeks inside the bubble."
Konta, who will be chasing her maiden Grand Slam triumph at Flushing
Meadows, brushed off Robson's comments.
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Britain’s Johanna Konta wraps her wrist during the match against
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
"Laura doesn't know me very well and I don't know her very well. I
think she's just basing that on what she knows about me, which is
fair enough," The Times quoted Konta as saying.
"I take it day by day and am enjoying getting to know him, I have a
lot of respect for him, he has had a lot of success with a lot of
players."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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