The presence of a hitting partner during training sessions has always been crucial for tennis players who want to enhance their strokes. It was the same case with the American tennis legend, Venus Williams who appointed a hitting partner, Jermaine Jenkins during her practice sessions in New York. In the process, the 7 singles Grand Slam champion fulfilled the “dream” of the American tennis coach.

Speaking about the same, the 38-year-old coach and Venus’ former hitting partner recently revealed how a blind text to the tennis legend made his ‘dream come true,’ as it turned out to be a major turning point in his journey.

Venus Williams’ former hitting partner made a surprising revelation about his previous role

The 38-year-old coach was recently featured in the ‘Talking Tennis Southern Side’ podcast show alongside the USTA Director, Martin Blackman. Meanwhile, Jermaine Jenkins reminisced about the period when one of his friends informed him about the 7 singles Grand Slam champion who was looking for a hitting partner.

Later, the American tennis coach revealed he then sent a blind text to Venus Williams when she was in New York. He said, “I just literally just hit the blind text to Venus and said, Hey, look, I’m here in New York. You know, if I could be of any service to you, please let me know.” And I mean, by the grace of God, she, she texts me back, you know, actually, her coach, David Witt at the time, texted me back and said, hey, you know, “Venus told me that, you know, you’re the hitter this week”. And he didn’t sound excited about it, because he already had a hitter booked.”

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It was Venus’ former coach, David Witt who informed Jenkins that she had appointed him as her hitting partner. He added, “And so, you know, he’s like, “Hey, Venus said that you know, that you’re the hitter this week, we’re gonna be on court, you know, such and such, we’ll see you there.” And, it was kind of a dream come true.”

In doing so, she fulfilled the “dream” of the tennis coach as it also turned out to be a major turning in his journey.

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Jenkins also revealed how he got to train next to other prominent figures

During the podcast show, the 38-year-old coach said that he only used to play at local and random courts in the US. But things changed when he got appointed as a hitting partner for the American tennis legend. He then traveled to various Grand Slam tournaments where he practiced next to other tennis greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Later, Jenkins also took the coaching duties for the Japanese tennis star, Naomi Osaka.

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