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 Prime-20 (at the moment she’s ranked No.30).
The 29-year-old former World No.3 broke the information on Friday with a publish on social media.
“I simply wished to allow you to all know that Raemon Sluiter and I’ve determined to finish our working relationship,” Svitolina wrote. “We now have had an important run and Ray has helped me turn out to be a greater participant, for my part he is likely one of the greatest 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 exhausting work and efforts.”
Elina Svitolina elements methods together 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 way of his and our exhausting work and efforts”
Thanks, Raemon 👏 pic.twitter.com/SM9LFkAHLF
— Ukrainian Tennis • BTU (@ukrtennis_eng) July 19, 2024
Sluiter turned recognized 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 recreation, which has been a key cause 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 together 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 Could) within the rankings however dropped right 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.
