MELBOURNE — Patrick Mouratoglou has been at Serena Williams’ side as her coach of record since she suffered her only first-round upset at a Grand Slam at the 2012 French Open.
Since she made the call to Mouratoglou asking if she could come and train at his then Paris-based academy for Wimbledon, the two have been a fruitful partnership. Williams not only won Wimbledon and the US Open that year, but a total of 10 majors to date since working with Mouratoglou.
In a news conference Monday after Williams beat Simona Halep, Mouratoglou was asked if he had been worried that he would lose his job after the US Open final in which Williams received a warning for being coached from the box. He indicated the thought never entered his mind.
“No, I didn’t worry about that at all,” he said. “For many reasons….First of all, I hope that every time a coach gets a code violation for coaching he doesn’t get fired, otherwise there will be guys fired every two days. Second, I hope that seven years’ relationship is a bit stronger than a chair umpire. Third, that would be — if she would have done something — I think that would be an emotional decision and she doesn’t do that.”
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