MELBOURNE, Australia — Sven Groeneveld was camped out in the media seats in Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, shifting his experienced gaze from his smartphone to Serena Williams, thumping winner after winner down below.
Maybe there’s an app that will solve his problem.
Groeneveld, a Dutchman, has been scouting Williams for nearly 20 years now, and it has yet to pay off for Maria Sharapova, the strong woman he has coached for the last two seasons.
Sharapova remains Kryptonite to most of the world’s tennis players, and she fended off the talented Swiss 18-year-old Belinda Bencic in a 7-5, 7-5 victory in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday.