By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday 18 December 2024
Donna Vekic has added a Grand Slam winning coach to its team.
Added the Croatian, who parted ways with coach Nikola Horvat in November Sasha is dyingformer hitting partner of Serena Williams and coach of Naomi Osaka, for her team.
Vekic, who won Olympic silver in singles this year and also reached the Wimbledon semifinals, announced the news on her Instagram recently.
🇵🇱 Sascha Bajin is the new coach of Donna Vekić.🇬🇧 Sascha Bajin is Donna Vekić’s new coach.
📸 Donna Vekić | Instagram | #tennis hour pic.twitter.com/akdlq0rchk
— From the court – tennis information | Tennis news (@z_kortu) December 6, 2024
Vekic, currently ranked No. 19, is just one spot away from her career-high ranking. She will reportedly keep Pam Shriver as part of her team. The Hall of Famer has been in Vekic’s camp in an advisory role since 2022.
She became the first Croatian woman to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals since 1999 this summer, before becoming the first woman from her country to win an Olympic medal weeks later in Paris.
Bajin started as Serena Williams’ partner, then guided Naomi Osaka to several major titles, at the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open. He later worked with Kristina Mladenovic, Dayana Yastremska and spent two years with former no. World No. 1 Karolina Pliskova, leading the Czech star to the Wimbledon final in 2021.
