9 Tennis Players Who Were Coached by Their Mothers

Istomin defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Australian Open. He is coached by his mother Klaudiya Istomina who introduced her son to the game...

- Puneet Ahlawat

Tennis is a very demanding sports, where a role of a coach is very important from the day a player picks up the racket. We have seen players changing coaches after a certain period of time. Novak Djokovic is no more the same player after parting ways with Boris Becker while Rafael Nadal has been with his uncle Toni Nadal since his first day in tennis. The recently concluded Australian Open also saw a player coached by his mother. Denis Istomin was an unknown player before the first grand slam of the year but his sensational victory against Djokovic, the world number two, made him an overnight star. He is coached by his mother. A number of tennis players have been coached by their mothers and many of them have become big stars. Here is a list of 9 such players who have been coached by their mothers.

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