By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday July 19, 2024
Elina Svitolina has parted methods with coach Raemon Sluiter after greater than a 12 months of a stable partnership that noticed the Ukrainian return from maternity go away to take her place contained in the Prime-20 (presently 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 now have had a terrific run and Ray has helped me develop into a greater participant, for my part he is among the greatest on the market on both tour and I’ll all the time be grateful of what we achieved collectively by means of his and our arduous work and efforts.”
Elina Svitolina components methods along with her coach Raemon Sluiter.
“He is the most effective on the market on both tour and I’ll all the time be grateful of what we achieved collectively by means of his and our arduous work and efforts”
Thanks, Raemon đ pic.twitter.com/SM9LFkAHLF
â Ukrainian Tennis âą BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) July 19, 2024
Sluiter turned identified for his work with Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens. He helped information her into the Prime-10 earlier than her retirement in 2021. Sluiter was additionally useful in getting Svitolina so as to add aggression to her sport, 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 12 months from April 2022 to April 2023 whereas pregnant along with her first baby, 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 Could) within the rankings however dropped all the way down to 30 this week.
Svitolina gained the WTAâs comeback Participant of the Yr award in 2023, whereas Sluiter was a finalist for WTA Coach of the Yr.
Svitolina has not settled on her subsequent coach as of but.
