By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday July 19, 2024
Elina Svitolina has parted methods with coach Raemon Sluiter after greater than a yr of a strong partnership that noticed the Ukrainian return from maternity depart to take her place contained in the High-20 (at the moment she’s ranked No.30).
The 29-year-old former World No.3 broke the information on Friday with a submit on social media.
“I simply needed to allow you to all know that Raemon Sluiter and I’ve determined to finish our working relationship,” Svitolina wrote. “We’ve had a fantastic run and Ray has helped me develop into a greater participant, in my view he is likely one of the finest on the market on both tour and I’ll all the time be grateful of what we achieved collectively by way of his and our onerous work and efforts.”
Elina Svitolina elements methods along with her coach Raemon Sluiter.
“He is top-of-the-line on the market on both tour and I’ll all the time be grateful of what we achieved collectively by way of his and our onerous work and efforts”
Thanks, Raemon 👏 pic.twitter.com/SM9LFkAHLF
— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) July 19, 2024
Sluiter turned identified for his work with Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens. He helped information her into the High-10 earlier than her retirement in 2021. Sluiter was additionally useful in getting Svitolina so as to add aggression to her recreation, which has been a key purpose that she has been in a position to compete so successfully since returning to the WTA Tour final season.
Svitolina, a 17-time WTA titlist, missed a yr from April 2022 to April 2023 whereas pregnant along with her first little one, Skai, who was born on October 15, 2022. The Ukrainian, who’s married to French star Gael Monfils, was as excessive as 17 (in March and in Might) within the rankings however dropped all the way down to 30 this week.
Svitolina gained the WTA’s comeback Participant of the 12 months award in 2023, whereas Sluiter was a finalist for WTA Coach of the 12 months.
Svitolina has not settled on her subsequent coach as of but.
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