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Bouzková Hires Conchita Martinez as Coach

 

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, December 7, 2023
 
Conchita Martinez is again within the teaching sport.  

Martinez will coach world No. 34 Marie Bouzková in 2024, she advised Eurosport Spain.

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Former world No. 2 Martinez made historical past in 1994 when she defeated Martina Navratilova to grow to be the primary Spanish girl to win the Wimbledon.

In 2017, Martinez coached Garbine Muguruza to the Wimbledon championship with the hard-hitting Spaniard stopping Venus Williams within the remaining.

Last April, Martinez and Muguruza introduced the top of their long-time partnership. 

The 5’11” Bouzkova, who was beforehand coached by Antonin Bolardt and her father, Milan, reached the Nanchang remaining in her final match of the season, bowing to Czech teammate Katerina Siniakova in a third-set tiebreaker within the remaining.

The 2022 Prague champion, Bouzkova has developed right into a harmful grass-court participant and will profit from Martinez’s all-surface expertise.

In 2022, Bouzkova knocked off Caroline Garcia en path to the Wimbledon quarterfinals the place she examined Ons Jabeur in a three-set loss. Bouzkova backed up that end result once more toppling No. 5 Garcia to succeed in the Wimbledon fourth spherical in July the place she pushed eventual-champion Marketa Vondrousova to a few units.

An achieved doubles participant, Bouzkova has received 5 WTA doubles titles with three completely different companions and is at present ranked No. 23 in doubles.

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