Patrick Mouratoglou, the French coach who coached Serena Williams in her career, was very close to accepting another tennis player from Romania before Simona Halep.

Since April this year, Patrick Muratoglu and Simona Halep have been working together after a period when the former WTA leader trained at the Muratoglu Academy in Nice.

However, Simona Halep is not the only tennis player from Romania with whom the French wanted to work.

Mihaela Buzernescu, who was wanted by Patrick Muratoglu in the past

When she was a junior, Mihaela Buzernescu was wanted by several academies in Europe, including Patrik Muratoglu, after her very good results, which were noticed by Simona Halep’s current coach.

In an interview with OrangeSport, Mihaela Buzernescu talked about the results that attracted the attention of the biggest tennis academies.

“I was No. 1 in Europe when I was 14, when I was 16… I won the Masters, I was national champion and European junior champion, so it was such a transition…

Immediately after that, I also scored points in the seniors, which was great. I mean, I’m actually… everyone was talking about me.

Mouratoglou, I went to them, they wanted to take me, they insisted on taking me to train with them… There were two other academies in America…

I was between 16 and 18 years old. After I became the European champion and won the Junior Masters tournament.

I’m very happy with everything I’ve achieved in my life, despite the injuries and so on. I really did what many people want.

I think I should be a lot more proud of myself.” – said Mihaela Buzernescu.