Tennis - Former world no. 1 and five time grand slam singles champion Martina Hingis will be coaching Germany's Sabine Lisicki during the Australian Open, which begins on Monday,
Hingis is already in Melbourne and has been seen hitting the courts with the big-serving German, who stunned Serena Williams to reach the finals at Wimbledon in July last year. There is no word on whether this collaboration will extend beyond the Australian Open.
Lisicki is currently ranked no. 15 in the world and played only one match in Brisbane before retiring from her second round match due to injury.
This is not the first time that Hingis has taken on a coaching role in the game. Last year, she worked for a few months with Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova before the two parted ways.
Hingis is a three-time champion in singles at the Australian Open and also returned to the tour to play doubles during the summer hardcourt season last July. She has not entered any of the Australian events this time in doubles and has not indicated whether she intends to play doubles this year on the tour as well.
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