Angelique Kerber adds second coach for US Open in late-season shakeup
The German has brought Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh back onto her team.
Angelique Kerber is adding an old coach, Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh, back into her team for the US Open.
The German has not won a tournament since her 2016 triumph at Flushing Meadows, and said she wanted to change things up. She was coached by Ebrahimzadeh between 2013 and 2015, during a temporary split with her current coach.
"We practice," she said. "He [worked] with me for, like, a long time and we decide, 'OK, I have to have something new.' But Torben [Beltz] is still in my team."
Having reached No. 1 a year ago, she has dropped to No. 6 in the rankings, leading her to look at doing something different.
Kerber also trained for the hard-court season at Patrick Mouratoglou's academy.
"I went to the academy and to Mouratoglou," she said. "It's great for me to get something new again, and [I was] working really hard there. We decide that Benny can help me here at this tournament, so he is like part of my team for this tournament."
Kerber is a two-time Slam champion.
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