WTA: Francesca Schiavone is back - as the trainer of Petra Matric
Francesca Schiavone , 2010 French Open winner, is back on the WTA tour. The Italian will look after Petra Martic during the clay court season.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Apr 17, 2021, 01:35 pm
What big tournaments in Roland Garros 2010 and 2011 were! From the point of view of Francesca Schiavone, of course. First, the Italian won the title in the second major of the year against Samantha Stosur, and Schiavone confirmed this performance twelve months later. Even if she lost to Li Na in the final.
Certainly one of the reasons why Petra Martic now wants to use the services of Francesca Schiavone as a trainer. First of all, only for the clay court season, starting next week in Istanbul. Then it should go on to Paris via the stations in Madrid and Rome. This is what the Corriere della Sera reports.
Schiavone announced her retirement from active sport in September 2018 and had to undergo an operation in 2019 to remove a malignant cancerous tumor. A few months later she opened a bistro in Milan. Now Francesca Schiavone is returning to the WTA tour. Even if only for a few weeks at the moment.