Women's tennis tour program provides education, exposure for female coaches
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Lan Yao-Gallop and coach Mark Gellard, center, watch as Magda Linette prepares to serve on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yao-Gallop is a member of the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Lan Yao-Gallop and coach Mark Gellard, center, watch as Magda Linette prepares to serve on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yao-Gallop is a member of the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program, which is in its first full year of trying to help female coaches break into the the top level of the sport. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Coach Mark Gellard talks about coaching in the WTA as player Magda Linette listens at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Gellard is helping new coaches in the WTA's new program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Pam Shriver, a former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, talks about the WTA's new program to develop female coaches during the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Shriver is now a co-coach for Donna Vekic. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Yuliya Shupenia, left, Iris Harris, center, and coach Chris Tontz watch players on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yuliya Shupenia and Iris Beatrice Harris are participants in the womens professional tennis tours Coaching Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Lan Yao-Gallop, left, talks with coach Mark Gellard as Magda Linette prepares to serve on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yao-Gallop is a participant in the womens professional tennis tours Coaching Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Lan Yao-Gallop talks about her experience in the womens professional tennis Coach Inclusion Program on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Coach Mark Gellard talks about coaching in the WTA as player Magda Linette listens at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Gellard is helping new coaches in the WTA's new program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Iris Harris leans on a fence as she watches players on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Harris is a member of the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Iris Harris talks with coach Chris Tontz on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Harris joined the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program to learn more about coaching a pro, yes, but also to make contacts that could lead to that chance. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Pam Shriver, a former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster, talks about the WTA's new program to develop female coaches during the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Shriver is now a co-coach for Donna Vekic. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)Lan Yao-Gallop watches as coach Mark Gellard gestures towards Magda Linette as she prepares to serve on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yao-Gallop, a 43-year-old from China who now lives in Edmonton, is participating in the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)
Lan Yao-Gallop and coach Mark Gellard, center, watch as Magda Linette prepares to serve on a practice court at the Charleston Open tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Monday, April 3, 2023. Yao-Gallop is a member of the womens professional tennis tours Coach Inclusion Program to develop female coaches. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)