Kukushkin has no hang ups about women tennis coaches


Kazakhstan tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin in first round action at the Malaysian Open on Tuesday. - IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/ The STAR

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s quite common these days to see more men’s tennis players hiring women coaches.

Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin is coached by his mother while American Donald Young is coached by his parents.

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