BRADENTON, United States, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has hired Sven Groeneveld as her coach.
"I'm happy to announce my official partnership with Sven Groeneveld," Sharapova, former world No. 1 and now ranked fourth in the world, said on Thursday.
Groeneveld, from the Netherlands, had coached Monica Seles and Mary Pierce.