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Far more to the dynamic world of coaching than meets the eye

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

As she raced through the draw at Roland Garros, Ana Ivanovic seemed connected to the friends' box by an unseen tether, a psychic connection. After virtually every winner she would make a demure fist, turn it (with more of a twist than a pump), then look triumphantly at her coach, Sven Groeneveld. Even without Groeneveld in the box -- he is an employee of adidas, the sponsor for Ivanovic and her opponent, Dinara Safina, thus causing a conflict of interest -- Ivanovic prevailed 6-4, 6-3 i ...

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