The off season is one of those typical moments when players are hiring new coaches in their teams. This is exactly what Elina Svitolina and Grigor Dimitrov have just done, while Naomi Osaka decided to stay with her father for the moment.
Elina Svitolina and Baghdatis
There was not an official announcement from Elina about hiring tennis legend Marcos Baghdatis. However, the Cypriot popped in an Instagram post of the Ukranian that commented: “Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality. ” 😅💪🏼 #ShutupAndDoAsYoureTold”
Marcos’ presence in the post prompted speculations that he is working with Elina (as a trial basis?) to try to give an extra boost to the Ukrainian that is chasing her maiden slam.
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Dimitrov’s new coach
According to reports, Grigor replaced Radek Stepanek with Christian Groh that used to coach the likes of Tommy Haas and Taylor Fritz. Apparently, the Bulgarian sensation will still benefit from the services of Andre Agassi. According to Bet365 Grigor is the favorite no.9 to win the upcoming Australian Open (see odds).
Naomi still with her father as a coach?
There has been a long talk about Naomi Osaka hiring a new coach. The Japanese has been experiencing a lot of hiccups in this department. In fact, when it looked obvious that she was enjoying an idyllic relationship with her former coach Sascha Bajin, she sacked the German soon after she won her second consecutive slam at the Australian Open. After a few weeks, she hired Jermaine Jenkins with depressing results. Eventually, the Japanese sensation was back to her very best when she “hired back” her own father to win 11 consecutive matches and 2 straight titles in Osaka and Beijing.
Naomi was expected to hire a new coach for the off season and many thought about a comeback of Sascha Bajin that instead opted for joining rising star Dayana Yastremska.
We are still waiting for an announcement from Naomi any soon… if any. According to the latest odds of bet365, Naomi is the favorite no.4 (with Simona Halep) to win the upcoming Australian Open after Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu, and Ashleigh Barty.
Osaka in Shenzhen, ranking, and results in 2019
Ranked no.3, the Japanese has a 40-11 win-loss record in 2019. The Japanese ended her run in the round robin after defeating Petra Kvitova 7-61 4-6 6-4.
Elina Svitolina’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.6, Svitolina played her last match on the 3rd of November when she surrendered to Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-3 in the final in Shenzhen.
Elina Svitolina’s best performance in the current year was reaching the final in Shenzhen.
Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina played each other 6 times. The head to head is 3-3.
The last time that they played each other, Naomi Osaka won 6-4 6-1 in the quarter of the Australian Open the 23rd of January 2019.
Grigor Dimitrov’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.20, Dimitrov played his last match on the 2nd of November when he lost to Novak Djokovic 7-65 6-4 in the semifinal in Paris.
Grigor Dimitrov’s best performance of the present season was getting to the semi-finals at the U.S. Open and Paris.
