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Vital Person in Serena Williams’ Past Entourage, WTA Coach, Turns Emotional Upon Witnessing Jackie Chan’s Stirring Moment That Went Viral

Published 07/18/2023, 3:03 PM EDT

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Even the strongest of people feel vulnerable at times. Emotional stories, personal traumas or successes and sometimes even cinema can cause that vulnerability. Well, if we focus on cinema, most of us could relate to tearing up while watching heart-wrenching moments in a movie or web series. Recently, the former hitting partner of Serena Williams, Sascha Bajin showed his emotional side on Twitter.

A certain father-daughter moment involving Jackie Chan resurfaced on social media, which showed us Bajin’s emotional side.

Serena’s former hitting partner shows his emotional side

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A clip of Jackie Chan started doing rounds on Twitter. It was a clip from his latest movie, ‘Ride On’. In the clip, he was with his daughter, watching some of his old movie clips. The veteran was seen explaining how he performed various dangerous stunts to his daughter and both teared up while watching the clips.

Along with Jackie Chan and his on-screen daughter, a certain Sascha Bajin would also let his emotions out. He quoted the tweet with the caption, “I’m not crying  Just bad allergies watching this.

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The German tennis coach spammed crying emoticons while writing the text. He was completely touched by the beautiful father-daughter moment shared on the video. However, more than his tweets, Bajin is well known in the world of tennis for his collaboration with high-profile stars.

Aside from being Serena Williams’ hitting partner, Bajin has also coached quite a few stars in the WTA circuit. The list includes Naomi Osaka, Kristina Mladenovic, Dayana Yastremska and Karolina Pliskova.

Naomi Osaka or Serena Williams, who won more under Sascha Bajin?

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Naomi Osaka won two of her four Grand Slam titles under the guidance of Sascha Bajin. In two years, Osaka went on to become the World Number 1 and a multi-slam champion. However, these achievements look very nominal in front of Serena Williams’ accolades during the time when Bajin was her hitting partner. Williams during the 7-year tenure went on to win more than ten slams and dominated the WTA tour for the better part of those seven years.

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Other than the above-mentioned names, Bajin also served as a hitting partner to Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka for a brief period.

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Where would you rank Sascha Bajin among the best coaches in the history of the sport? Let us know in the comments.

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Raghav Tikmany

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Raghav Tikmany is a tennis writer at EssentiallySports. After completing his under-graduation in Commerce, his passion for sports encouraged him to take up content writing in the field of sports journalism. He has prior experience in text commentary.
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Tony Thomas