American Jessica Pegula continues to surprise her opponents this season. Jessica started the season well, she had the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and Dubai, also the American reached the semifinals in Doha, where she lost to Petra Kvitova. Now the athlete performs at the tournament in Miami and should pass at least to the quarterfinals stage.
So who is training Jessica?
Jessica Pegula current coach is David Witt
David Witt, former American tennis player, whose best result was reaching the 128th position in the ATP singles rankings.
David Witt, longtime coach of Venus Williams, is now working with Jessica Pegula.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 29, 2019
Witt began working with Pegula just two weeks before her milestone win in Washington last year. David Witt, the former long-time coach of Venus Williams. He parted ways with the seven-time Grand Slam champion in 2018 after an 11-year partnership.
Coach David Witt says Venus Williams’s decision to end their 11-year coaching partnership was a “total surprise”: https://t.co/qFPGk5Ospu pic.twitter.com/l44aiAgo5b
— TENNIS (@Tennis) December 13, 2018
She worked so hard and we clicked right away, and got along, which helps. We had fun working on some new things. She started off winning Washington, which I was so happy for her.
David Witt
Together they won the title in Washington in 2019, where Pegula outlasted Italy’s Camila Giorgi 6-2,6-2 in the final match.
