WTA: Karolina Pliskova steals the coach from Barbora Strycova

Karolina Pliskova has apparently already found a new coach for the coming season. She will be working with Barbora Strycova’s current coach, which does not please her very much.

Tomas Krupa, former coach of Tomas Berdych and a member of Strycova’s team for the past two years, is said to have agreed on a cooperation with Pliskova. According to Strycova, the deal was made after the US Open, behind the Czech woman’s back.

“Our relationship is at zero, we don’t call each other girlfriends,”Strycova told Idnes. cz.”When she told me that she was interested in my coach, her manager was already on him. A little later, I had to use the phone to find out that it was over.”

After the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, Pliskova took a surprise break from her coach David Kotyza, who was formerly the coach of Petra Kvitova’s long-time coach and also coached Caroline Wozniacki. Obviously, differences of opinion about Pliskova’s playing strategy were decisive for the separation.

Strycova won her second WTA Ladies’ Tour title last week at WTA Ladies Linz. The 31-year-old is currently in 25th place in the singles world ranking, while the good all-rounder ranks 16th in the doubles. Strycova has signalled that in case of doubt, they will continue to play with Pliskova in the FedCup.