Daria Kasatkina and Carlos Martinez ended their four-year partnership this month, and now the Spanish coach has revealed why he didn’t renew his partnership with the WTA No. 8 player.

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Daria Kasatkina began to “invest time in other matters”

Roland Garros 2022 semi-finalist Kasatkina won two WTA titles last year (Granby and San Jose) and entered the world top 10. Martinez said she wanted Daria to be more involved in the new season, but she seems distracted.

“Since last summer I started to notice that something had changed, I didn’t really like what I saw. Then I realized that things could change even more until I debated at the Tournament of Champions because I didn’t know if I wanted to continue or not

We reached an agreement for the first three months of the year, but at the Australian Open nothing changed, and in Abu Dhabi we saw that everything is the same as before.

Eventually, we got tired of having the same conversation over and over again, so we decided to end it. For me, the environment was not one to work normally.

Dasha began to invest time in other matters. I always told her to find time to work with a psychologist, get to know herself better and manage her moments of fear better.

I have always been very honest with her, even though the truth hurts sometimes, but my intention was to advise her on the best way to be on top.

We knew that this season would be much more difficult than the last, that we would have to do much better to continue the climb, which is why it is so important to control certain aspects off the pitch. It’s important that she concentrates on tennis, and I saw her a little more distracted than usual.” – Carlos Martinez for Punto de Break.

Although Martinez and Kasatkina are no longer working together, the coach said he still thinks the Russian is “a great girl.”

Know:

  • In 2023, Kasatkina won 4 and lost 6.
  • Kasatkina is now coached by the Italian Flavio Cipolla (39 years old, former ATP 70), who played his last match in 2018 and has not coached other big names in the world circuit.

The results were recorded by Daria Kasatkina in 2023

Adelaide: Round I

Adelaide 2: Final

Australian Open: First Round

Abu Dhabi: Quarters

Doha: Optimal

Dubai: II round.