After her quick victory (6-1, 6-3 in 1 hour 15 minutes) against Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska (27 years old, 65th) in the first round of the WTA 250 in Rouen, Mirra Andreeva, back on the circuit after an injury on the right wrist, confirmed the news: Conchita Martinez, seen in her box on Monday, is indeed her new trainer.
“We started working together two or three weeks ago,” the 16-year-old Russian said at a press conference. So far I like it, everything is going well. And we’ll see how it goes. » With the Spaniard, winner of Wimbledon 1994 and five-time winner of the Fed Cup, the 43rd in the world, who continues to train at the All In Academy in Villeneuve-Loubet (Alpes-Maritimes), works in particular on the backhand slice. “She was a good slicer (laughs). She gave me a lot of advice and I try to apply it on the pitch. » Conchita Martinez was captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team between 2015 and 2017 and then coach of Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova, two former world number 1s.
Andreeva will be opposed to the French Fiona Ferro (27 years old, 144th), from the qualifications, or the Russian Elina Avanesyan (21 years old, 67th) for a place in the quarterfinals in Rouen.
2024-04-15 16:40:52
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