Martina Navratilova Joins Forces With First of Its Kind Virtual Reality Training

Martina Navratilova was a force to reckon with since her debut in the 70s. At her best, she hardly gave any breathing space to her opponents on the court. Moreover, she is one of the most decorated players in the sport, achieving success in both singles as well as doubles and mixed doubles. Recently, she announced a partnership with a company from her native country as its global ambassador.

During her legendary career, the 65-year-old won a total of 59 Grand Slam titles. This includes 18 titles won in singles, 31 in women’s doubles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles.

Martina Navratilova joins Sense Arena as a global ambassador

The former World Number 1 took to Instagram to share her excitement of working with Sense Arena. Sharing glimpses of the product, she said, “Excited to work with @sensearenatennis.”

Sense Arena is a Czech Republic-based company that aims to combine technology with sports to deliver optimal results. Later this year, it will be launching a new cognitive virtual reality training product, Sense Arena For Tennis. The product will use Virtual Reality to enable the players to train, thus honing the mental side of the user’s game.

Joining the company as a global ambassador, Navratilova said, “Tennis is about repetitions and about understanding the game and reading it and this program is really training all of that.”

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Navratilova on Emma Raducanu’s massive wins over Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka

In the recently concluded Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati, Raducanu recorded massive wins over the two former World Number 1s, Serena and Azarenka. Moreover, she did it in style, inflicting a bagel on both of them.

Talking about Raducanu’s wins over them, Navratilova said, “She played like she did when she won the US Open, it’s that simple!”

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Raducanu will take confidence from the wins over Serena and Azarenka as she enters the US Open as the defending champion. However, she will be under tremendous pressure to perform, knowing that she has to defend 2000 ranking points. Can Raducanu dig deep at the US Open this year? Let us know your views in the comments below.