Twice defending champion Elina Svitolina posed with the familiar trophy on the deck of the Queen Elizabeth 2, while world No.1 Naomi Osaka, who has recently fired coach Sascha Bajin for personal persons, was all smiles practicing with coach Masashi Yoshikawa, the Japanese’s helping hand since her teens.
Yoshikawa-san is not really my coach-coach. He’s just been helping me since I was 16. He’s one of the people that knows my game the most. He’s always around at certain tournaments, he’s always helping. I thought it would be a good idea for him to come here since I’m sort of stuck right now.