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 High-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 into a greater participant, in my view he is among the finest 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 arduous work and efforts.”
Elina Svitolina components methods along with her coach Raemon Sluiter.
“He is top-of-the-line 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 arduous 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 High-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 motive that she has been capable of 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 along 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 all the way down to 30 this week.
Svitolina gained the WTA’s 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.