It became difficult for an Estonian to travel with him to international tournaments
Second racket of the world Anette Kontaveit stopped working with coach Dmitry Tursunov because of his Russian passport.
The Estonian tennis player made this decision due to the fact that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it became difficult for Tursunov to travel with her to tournaments.
“I want to thank him for the successful and fruitful cooperation. I am very grateful to him. The reason is that due to the fact that he has a Russian passport, it is now very difficult for him to get visas and he cannot come with me to many tournaments, ”said Kontaveit.
“I still feel like I need a coach who can accompany me all the time and who doesn’t have as many problems getting visas.”
Kontaveit and Tursunov have been working together since August last year. Under his leadership, Anette won five WTA titles and made her debut in the top 10 of the world rankings.
In June, Kontaveit climbed to second in the WTA rankings for the first time in her career.
Source: Sportarena
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