Published 22:56 IST, October 20th 2019

Kristina Mladenovic announces that she and Sascha Bajin have split

French tennis player Kristina Mladenovic announced that she and her coach Sacha Bajin will not be continuing their partnership in the new tennis season.

Reported by: Devarshi mankad
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Kristina Mlevic has anunced that she and her coach Sascha Bajin have split and latter will t be a part of her team in new tennis season. Mlevic stated that it was Bajin who decided to end his tenure as her coach. development comes six months after y h gotten toger. 

Mlevic released a statement on her Twitter account which said, "I am very dissapointed about Sascha's decision t to continue our relationship next season. I enjoyed our work, we h some great wins and I truly felt my game was on rise again. I think that re was a lot more to achieve toger but I can't change his opinion & decision. On my side, I am proud of my year & progress and I will keep working hard and build strong to be even better in 2020". two came toger in mid-April and partnership has h a positive impact on French player.

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anuncement of split comes a day after Mlevic was kcked out of semifinals of Kremlin Cup in Moscow by Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4. Mlevic is currently ranked 45th in world as per WTA rankings in week beginning October 14.

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Bajin has previously coached Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. He spilt with latter in February soon after she won  Australian Open, her second straight Grand Slam. He was also voted  2018 WTA Coach of Year.

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'He believes in me'

exact reason for split is t yet kwn. Soon after y got toger Mlevic said, "Since I arrived on tour we've always been on great terms, but just t right timing. He h ar project. It was pretty natural. I contacted him personally when I saw he finished with Naomi." She ded that she liked him as a professional and as a person and that believed in his coaching abilities. "I'm lucky that it happened because I really like Sascha as a coach and as a person, and I have doubt he is one of best, if t best, in how I see things and how work should be done. He h lots of success in past so he also proved it."

Mlevic-Bajin split isn't only one in past few days. Petra Martic has split with her coach Sandra Zaniewska and Julia Goerges has also split with her coach Sebastian Sachs.

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(With inputs from WTA website)

 

21:47 IST, October 20th 2019