Maria Sharapova injured her hip wile taking a hard fall in her second-roung loss to Michelle Larcher de Brito at Wimbledon. That injury has caused her to withdraw from next week’s WTA tougnament at Stanford.
She plans to return to play at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
This comes on the heels of Sharapova hiring Jimmy Connors as her new coach. A day after announcing she was parting with Thomas Hogstedt, Sharapova posted on her website on Saturday that she would work with the eight-time major champion.
Connors coached Andy Roddick for two years before resigning in 2008. He briefly worked with Sharapova before the 2008 Australian Open.
Hogstedt coached Sharapova for nearly three years. She said on Friday he wouldn’t be able to travel in the near future and they agreed she should find a new coach.
