World No. 1 Naomi Osaka hires new coach

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World number one hired Jenkins, former hitting partner to Williams, as her new head

Jermaine, who is a former All American collegiate star at Clemson University, served with from 2015 until the end of last season. His brother is currently Serena Williams' hitting partner.

Earlier in January, was named as a national for women's by the Development.

The reigning champion's announcement comes two weeks after her decision to part ways with

"After this tournament I would want to start looking at people. It is not really ideal to go to Indian Wells without a coach," Women's Association (WTA) quoted Osaka, as saying last week during the Championships.

Jermaine will join a team including fitness trainer Abdul Sallah, Kristy Stahr, and Osaka's father The Japanese is scheduled to play the Indian Wells Masters, where she is the defending champion.

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First Published: Fri, March 01 2019. 13:46 IST