Serena Williams gets cosy with her tennis coach on romantic stroll through French town

It looks like Serena Williams is taking part in a new type of tennis match.The 39-year-old sports star, who recently left wimbledon due to an injury, appears to have also won the heart of her tennis coach, Frenchman Patrick Mouratoglou.

The pair were spotted getting very cosy on the streets of the French town of Valbonne this week, as they dined out and stood cheek-to-cheek while peering at listings in the window of a realtors.

Williams was spotted with her hand in the back pocket of Mouratoglou’s trousers in a comfortable gesture that shows their relationship could be more than just professional.

In return, he placed his arm gently on her back as they strolled, barely inches apart, along the Riviera town’s streets. While enjoying lunch at a restaurant, Mouratoglou affectionately touched Williams’ shoulder as they appeared locked in conversation and oblivious to the activity swarming around them.

Mouratoglou runs a tennis academy in France and has been working with Williams since her early departure from French Open this summer. ‘She said, “I want to win Wimbledon, I want to start now.” That’s simple. That’s how it started,’ he said.

Serena has since won Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and gold at the Olympics, proving they are a good match. Mouratouglou has also sat in player’s box during matches. And now these pictures fuel rumours that they are also a good love match, with French tennis site PKTennis reporting: ‘Mouratoglou and Williams are seeing each other.’

And the pictures of them gazing into the window of Bruce International Properties, which sells property on the French Riviera, could suggest just how well their relationship is going. Williams has previously been linked to actor and rapper Common, with whom she split in May 2010 after two years of dating.

The breakup came less than two weeks after Common, who is ten years her senior, told chat show host Ellen DeGeneres he was planning to marry the tennis champion. Prior to her relationship with the entertainer, Serena dated actor Jackie Long and was also linked to film maker Brett Ratner.

Hopefully she has more success with Mouratoglou, who has proven a good match for a fair few tennis players, garnering grand slam finals and more than a dozen junior titles.