By Chris Oddo | Thursday, July 24, 2014

 

A day after officially parting ways with Paul Annacone, Tennis.com's Matt Cronin reports that Sloane Stephens has hired Thomas Hogstedt.

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America’s second-ranked female tennis player will begin a partnership with Maria Sharapova’s former coach, according to Tennis.com’s Matt Cronin.

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A day after ending her eight-month relationship with Paul Annacone, it is being reported that Thomas Hogstedt, who guided Sharapova for three years and Caroline Wozniacki for three months, will be present when Stephens begins competition at next week’s Citi Open in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, Stephens expressed gratitude to the recently departed Annacone via Twitter in the following manner:

I will always have your positive voice in my head @paul_annacone .. And on my tv apparently @tennischannel

— Sloane Stephens (@sloanetweets) July 24, 2014