111 Gigi Fernandez – 17x Grand Slam Tennis Doubles Champion
APR 4, 201840 MIN
111 Gigi Fernandez – 17x Grand Slam Tennis Doubles Champion
APR 4, 201840 MIN
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<p>Gigi Fernandez is a 17x Grand Slam champion in doubles tennis. She won 14 of those titles with Natasha Zvereva and the other three were with Robin White, Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotna. </p><p> </p><p>On this week’s Best in the World with Richard Parr, Gigi talks about how Jana’s decision to split up their team led her to her ‘invincible’ partnership with Natasha. </p><p> </p><p>Gigi also won two Olympic gold medals alongside Mary Joe Fernandez in 1992 and 1996. </p><p> </p><p>Along with raising her children, Gigi runs doubles.tv. Identifying the lack of doubles specific tennis coaching, the Puerto Rican created this online platform to help recreational players. </p><p> </p><p>By listening to this podcast you’ll get to learn about the Gigi Method and the five most important steps any doubles players need to know to be successful. </p><p> </p><p>Gigi is helping raise funds to power Puerto Rico. You can learn about the Viktre Challenge here: <a href="https://www.viktrechallenge.com/" target="_blank">https://www.viktrechallenge.com</a>. </p><p> </p><p>You can also follow her on instagram @gigifernandeztennis17 </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
