Regarded English tennis trainer Alan Jones kicks the bucket matured 75: Billie Jean King and Laura Robson offer recognition

Billie Jean King and Laura Robson have been among those to offer recognition after Alan Jones, perhaps of the most regarded mentor in English tennis, died at 75 years old following a short sickness. Jones instructed for over 50 years with players he worked with including Robson, Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha, Jo Durie and Jeremy Bates. He was additionally a LTA Public Mentor in three separate spells. Robson told Sky Sports: "Alan was one of my most memorable mentors. He showed me so much yet in particular he showed me how tomfoolery working hard and focusing on something can be. "He had such an irresistible enthusiasm and energy for the game. You could hear his voice from a few courts away, uplifting players from the first to the last meeting. "I invested a lot of energy in court with Alan, yet additionally off court with his exquisite family and much cherished huskies. Most I am thinking of them during this troublesome time. I truly want to believe that they realize how missed he will be." Durie, who arrived at No 5 on the planet and furthermore made the semi-finals of the French Open and US Open in 1983, composed via web-based entertainment: "Completely crushed to declare that Alan Jones, my long-lasting mentor, tutor and companion has died after a short disease. "Alan trained ages of players and impacted the existences of so many. A monster in the tennis world. I was so fortunate to call him my companion." Twelve-time Huge homerun singles champion King answered Durie's tweet, saying: "Our game has lost an energetic and devoted mentor. "I generally anticipated finding Alan at Wimbledon. Our considerations and petitions to heaven go out to his loved ones. May he find happiness in the hereafter." Scott Lloyd, LTA CEO, said: "The insight about Alan's passing has filled the tennis local area with profound trouble. "He was one of the pre-famous mentors of our game for above and beyond 50 years, instructing various English No 1s, consistently with a sharp eye on the people in the future. "Anybody who met him was left in no question about his enthusiasm for the game and his craving to foster English players for progress at the actual top of the game. He will be profoundly missed."