Elina Svitolina set to be coached by multi-time ATP champion at the WTA Finals
Elina Svitolina will play the WTA Finals without her usual coach Andrew Bettles, whose wife is pregnant. The Ukrainian has chosen Sergiy Stakhovsky, the former ATP Tour player who retired in 2022, to guide her at the event.
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Elina Svitolina se prepara para o último torneio de uma temporada longa nas WTA Finals — e vai fazê-lo sem seu técnico habitual.
A ucraniana se classificou semanas atrás e volta ao evento de fim de ano pela primeira vez desde 2019. O grupo inclui Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, Jessica Pegula, Linda Noskova e Karolina Muchova.
Andrew Bettles, seu técnico normal, não poderá trabalhar com ela no último torneio da temporada.
“A esposa de Andy Bettles está grávida. Lá em Roland Garros, ele me disse que havia a chance de ela dar à luz no fim da temporada, então existia a possibilidade de ele não poder estar aqui comigo”, contou Svitolina ao Ukrainian Tennis. “E foi exatamente o que aconteceu, porque o bebê deve nascer esta semana. Então, ainda no verão, comecei a pensar em quem poderia entrar.”
A escolha foi Sergiy Stakhovsky, ex-jogador do ATP Tour que se aposentou em 2022.
“Sergiy veio imediatamente à mente porque eu o conheço há muito tempo”, disse Svitolina. “Treinamos juntos muitas vezes quando estou na Ucrânia, e ele já vinha me ajudando de qualquer forma. Para mim, foi uma decisão muito fácil.”
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