Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys discussed players being poached by coaches and how tough it is for the players to adjust to such situations. Pegula and Keys last competed at the ATP Finals in Riyadh. Ad Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys have had solid seasons this year, especially the latter, who won the Australian Open, her first major win. On the other hand, Jessica Pegula won her first clay-court title in Charleston, and had deep runs in the Grand Slams as well. At the WTA Finals, Keys reached the semifinals before falling to eventual champion Elena Rybakina, while Pegula withdrew ahead of her final group-stage match, citing illness. To end their season, they joined forces on the Players’ Box podcast to discuss coaches poaching players, something that leaves an unpleasant impression on the athletes. Ad Trending Madison Keys noted that the poaching happens both ways and shared an anecdote from her career. “I think it happens both ways. Like there’s definitely players that I think will start looking for replacements before they’ve finished their partnership with their coach. But then there is also like I’ve had coaches be like, ‘Oh, I’m interested. Are you looking for someone?’ And you’re like, ‘Are you actively with someone else?'” (26: 41) Ad Jessica Pegula shared her take on it, saying: Maybe sometimes in your team you kind of have a feeling or you’ve said a lot of stuff that maybe implies that you’re not going to want to like continue it after whatever. We’ll just keep using US Open as a benchmark or after Asia. I do think sometimes that’s when like agents will kind of feel out like what is around or what is available knowing that their player is probably not going to have a coach within a month or so. Um, but yeah, I agree. Like I I do feel like a lot of maybe not a lot, but there’s definitely a handful of coaches where you hear them like poaching players and that’s like tough. It’s not a good feeling, especially for the player.” Ad Ad Jessica Pegula will replace Emma Raducanu in two exhibition matches Emma Raducanu, the British No. 1 has been struggling with injuries this season, and recently announced her withdrawal from two exhibition matches in the US, citing bruises on right foot. As per recent news, Jessica Pegula will replace Raducanu in those matches, scheduled to take place in Newark and Miami. Pegula was the finalist at the 2024 US Open, where she lost to World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. × Feedback Why did you not like this content? Clickbait / Misleading Factually Incorrect Hateful or Abusive Baseless Opinion Too Many Ads Other Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Edited by Agnijeeta Majumder.
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“It’s not a good feeling” – Jessica Pegula & Madison Keys get emotional about coaches leaving a mental scar on players by shock ‘poaching’
