Diana Shnaider reveals it was Anastasia Myskina who helped her get in contact with Dinara Safina and finally discover a main teaching identify.
Final week, the world No. 13 introduced former three-time Grand Slam runner-up Safina as her new coach. In her message, the 21-year-old didn't cover her happiness over the transfer as she declared her new coach "a legend" and likewise added that she was trying to find "a partnership like this."
This week, Shnaider and Safina will debut as a duo on the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart. And addressing her new collaboration, the four-time WTA champion determined to inform how 2004 French Open champion Myskina's related the 2.
Shnaider: My mother is aware of Myskina and instructed her I used to be trying to find a coach
“My mother related with Myskina and stated, ‘Hey, we’re in search of a coach. Perhaps you’ve gotten some suggestion for who could be the correct match for Diana?’ She clearly is aware of me from a really younger age. She obtained our quantity and shared [it] with Dinara, after which we simply obtained related," the world No. 13 instructed tennis.com.
After the 2004 French Open champion instructed Safina that Shnaider was trying to find a coach, the previous world No. 1 confirmed curiosity in working with the present top-ranked Russian feminine tennis participant. Evidently, the 21-year-old was thrilled to listen to about that.
“I’m very excited for it! I imply, she’s a former world No. 1, and I’ve by no means labored with a girl as a coach. So it’s additionally going to be a primary time expertise for me. However I’m very excited and I really feel prefer it’s going to be nice," Shnaider added.
Safina made three Grand Slam finals and reached the world No. 1 rating very early in her profession. However then, she picked up a critical again damage and performed her final match in 2011, when she was simply 25. Since then, she has been following tennis however didn't have any official partnerships on the Tour – till now.
It will be fairly one thing if Shnaider gained this week's Stuttgart occasion and kicked off her partnership with Safina in the easiest way doable.
