I was not afraid that Serena could sack me—– Mouratoglou

Serena Williams’s coach Patrick Mouratoglou has opened up about last year’s US Open final when he illegally coached the American who first got a warning violation, point penalty and game penalty.

Asked if he thought this controversy could have pushed Serena to sack him, the French coach replied: ‘No, I didn’t worry about that at all. For many reasons. First of all, I hope that every time a coach gets a code violation for coaching he doesn’t get fired, otherwise there will be guys fired every two days, a problem.

Second, I hope that our seven years’ relationship is a bit stronger than a chair umpire. Third, that would be – if she would have done something… I think that would be an emotional decision, and she doesn’t do that.

She’s much too smart to do that. And even though I would have made a big mistake, which I don’t think I did, even though, I mean, she does mistakes too. We are all human, and it’s fine. It’s not a reason for taking a decision that would have an impact on your future.

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And I think she’s smart enough to think like that. Is it the right person for me to get what I want or not? If not, okay. But she doesn’t need a chair umpire to know that