NEW YORK -- For a long stretch of June right through until the start of this US Open, they were the most intriguing storyline in tennis, and everyone was eager to see how this semi-groundbreaking, so-called "experiment" would pan out. First Scotland's Andy Murray parted abruptly with coach Ivan Lendl -- each of them a Grand Slam winner coached early in life by his mom -- and then surprised the tennis world with his unconventional, gender-blind choice to hire Amelie Mauresmo on the eve of his defense of his historic Wimbledon title.
Equal-opportunity lovers cheered. And the cynics and sexists cackled, "Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud..."
"I thought it was a joke," said Virginia Wade, who'd previously called Murray a "drama queen" for his antics in the 2012 French Open read full article
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