Daria Kasatkina is not only known for her fine tennis, the coaching breaks with Philippe Dehaes have also made her famous.
It was one of those moments that went straight through the roof in the social media area. The quite desperate Daria Kasatkina was trailing in her second round match in Dubai with set and break when coach Dehaes gave one of the most beautiful speeches. Of course, he came around the corner with tactical instructions, but he also pointed out how close she was and whether she didn’t want to keep fighting.”It’s so great here. The weather is beautiful, the spectators are there. Let’s go, my champ!”, Dehaes and Kasatkina closed the match, defending two match points and then went on to the final.
I need this guy to motivate me for work in the morning,”someone wrote on Twitter,” This is positive coaching at its best,”another chirped. Dehaes’ coaching breaks are now as much noticed and shared on Twitter as those of Darren Cahill with Simona Halep:”These are moments that show how important it is to come up with little concrete information instead of overloaded thoughts – and how it is to get your player back on track mentally.
“It has been very popular ever since,”Kasatkina knows. And:”Just as he is in on-court coaching, he is also in other areas of life. We’re having so much fun in training,” although the Belgian is not as relaxed as he appears to be,”he seems, but he’s not. She asked him how he managed to find such nice words like “My champ”, and Dehaes himself didn’t know exactly. They’d just come from his heart.
I don’t try to get too much information into her head because she’s an artist,”Kasatkina just has to follow” one or two very important rules in her game and mind. After that, I have to trust her.”
Victories against the top people are anyway only a bonus, according to the famous coach. The goal is to win against the other players. Their play, the mixture of power and fine blade, is “very rare”. And it is the reason why, in my opinion, she has the opportunity to be one of the best players in the world in two or three years’ time.
In Indian Wells, Kasatkina has now won again against Caroline Wozniacki, currently number two in the world, for the second time this season; in the Dubai semi-final, she also celebrated a victory over number three, Garbine Muguruza.
In the Californian desert, Angelique Kerber is now facing Angelique Kerber, and coach Dehaes will not only look forward to the match: The weather in Indian Wells will also be beautiful in the coming days.
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