Elena Rybakina has been talking very extremely of what Goran Ivanisevic brings to the desk however breaking rackets shouldn’t be one thing that the Kazakh has been studying these days.
On the ongoing United Cup, the world No. 6 and the 2001 Wimbledon champion kicked off their partnership.
And thus far, so good, because the 25-year-old ousted Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 6-3 earlier than additionally beating Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-3 on Monday.
Following her win, Rybakina described Ivanisevic as “a enjoyable man” and that she already advantages from the Croatian’s expertise and data in regards to the sport.
Funnily, the on-court interviewer used the chance to ask if her new coach taught her easy methods to break rackets.
Responding to the query, the 25-year-old remarked: “Hhhh… In my profession?”
Rybakina: I am too calm, possibly Ivanisevic will deliver that vitality from me sooner or later
After the interviewer acknowledged that her coach was susceptible to on-court meltdowns and outbursts, the previous world No. 3 funnily said: “Not but.. I believe it’s nonetheless too early. Perhaps he’ll someway deliver this vitality from me. For now I’m too calm and nobody can break it.”
Elena Rybakina after beating Sakkari at United Cup
“Has Goran Ivanisevic taught you easy methods to smash any tennis racquets but?”
Elena: “uhhh… In my profession?” 😂
“Effectively we all know what he was like as a participant. As a coach do you suppose he’ll deliver a bit extra of an aggression?”
Elena:… pic.twitter.com/iacMeWQ9p4
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) December 30, 2024
Through the Kazakh’s first match of the 12 months in opposition to Bouzas Maneiro, Ivanisevic spoke with Tennis Channel and revealed that he want to see the eight-time WTA champion present extra emotion on the courtroom.
What’s humorous, he highlighted that he did not imply breaking rackets by that.
“Positively not going to see her breaking rackets, however hopefully, she does present extra emotion. She’s a really totally different particular person and really calm. However l’ve been attempting to place some emotion and I believe it may assist her sport,” Ivanisevic stated firstly of the United Cup.
One factor is for positive, if Rybakina breaks a racket in some unspecified time in the future this season, everybody will immediately credit score the Croatian for that.
