Coach Kasatkina explained why he no longer works with the Russian woman

Former coach of Darya Kasatkina, Spanish specialist Carlos Martinez tried to explain why, after four years of working together, they stopped working together.

According to him, since last summer, he began to notice that something had changed. “I didn’t like what I was seeing anymore,” he said in an interview with Punto De Break. At the final WTA tournament, the coach had a serious conversation with the ward, during which they agreed to work for the first three months of the year. “At the Australian Open, everything remained the same,” said the ex-coach. In Abu Dhabi, they met again and “nothing has changed.” “Ultimately we got tired of having the same conversation,” Martinez explained. “That’s why we decided to stop cooperation.”

Kasatkina began to waste time on other things, he said, who advised the tennis player to work with a psychologist in order to “get to know yourself better and better cope with fears.” “It is very important to be focused on tennis,” said the coach. “But I saw her a little more distracted than usual.”

At the same time, the former coach called Kasatkina an athlete who can remain in the top 10 rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association for many years. She is currently ranked eighth.

On Saturday, the first racket of Russia announcedthat she had already begun classes under the guidance of another coach, but did not name him. Some media claim that now the Russian woman is working with 39-year-old Italian specialist Flavio Cipolla.