WTA: Elina Svitolina grabs Marcos Baghdatis
Elina Svitolina has added a prominent man to her coaching team: Marcos Baghdatis will support Andrew Bettles with the training work with immediate effect.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Dec 13, 2019, 08:24 am
With the first Grand Slam success it did not work for Elina Svitolina in 2019 either, after all, the Ukrainian was in the first round of a major for the first time. In Wimbledon namely. And confirmed this success with reaching the semi-finals at the US Open. At the end of the year, Svitolina almost managed to defend her title at the WTA Finals, but lost the final against Ashleigh Barty .
The 25-year-old from Odessa has now received prominent support for the general attack in 2020: Marcos Baghdatis, who only retired from active sport last season, will add Andrew Bettles to the coaching team. Baghdatis was still an expert on Greek TV at the ATP Finals, where he was able to analyze Stefanos Tsitsipas' greatest career success.
Lost to Federer in Australia in 2006
As a player, Baghdatis won four titles on the ATP tour, the last one in Sydney in 2010. The greatest success was certainly the move into the final of the Australian Open 2006, where he was defeated by Roger Federer.