Daria Kasatkina announced that she parted ways with Carlos Martinez, who was her coach for the past four seasons, and began working with a promising technician.

Daria Kasatkina will be coached by Flavio Cipolla

Kasatkina, who is ranked No. 8 in the WTA rankings, said that she will be coached by Italian Flavio Cipolla (39, former ATP No. 70), who played his last match in 2018 and has not coached other significant names on the world stage . .

“I changed my coach, even my training partner. Of course, it can be a scary step, it was difficult to end such a long-standing cooperation. It’s been four years of working together, so this part of the season is a little scary.

The first practice was on the same day as the match, so the change was more sudden than I expected. It’s difficult for me, but also for the coach, he doesn’t know me, I don’t know him, at first he didn’t know what to say, what not to say, or who I wanted to be. I don’t know how it works yet, so it’s going to be a rough time.

Ideally, when you change a coach, you should do it at the end of the season, before the start of the pre-season, or at least when there is some preparation period so that there is time for the player and the new coach. know each other There are such situations, unplanned situations, difficult situations, but when you change, you always try to make it better” – Daria Kasatkinaquoted by PuntoDeBreak.

Daria Kasatkina (7th seed) meets Barbora Krejcikova (WTA 30) in the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai.

The results were recorded by Daria Kasatkina in 2023

Adelaide: Round I

Adelaide 2: Final

Australian Open: First Round

Abu Dhabi: Quarters

Doha: Optimal.