Jasmine Paolini sheds light on coaching change
“The’idea of working with Marc Lopez came about a bit’ by chance. We are getting to know each other, we try to talk a lot. This is the first tournament where he sees me live and it is not easy. However, I am happy with how the collaboration started then we will see how it will go”. Jasmine Paolini, still running in Stuttgart at the quarterfinals in singles and in the semifinals in doubles with Sara Errani, spoke this way about the newly started relationship with new coach Marc Lopez. A good doubles player, friend of Rafa Nadal and part of his team in the ’last period of his career, Lopez started working with “Jas” right at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, the WTA 500 on clay in Stuttgart broadcast live on SuperTennis. “I don”t know what to expect, but for now it” added Paolini, who began this new journey after announcing the end of her long partnership with Renzo Furlan.
The successes in doubles confirm the good friendship with Sara Errani, which in turn testifies to the team spirit that animates the Azzurri. “With the other girls we are a great team, we like to be together. We like to play the Billie Jean King Cup” said Paolini, who starred in Malaga in the title she won in 2024, the first year in which Italy became world champion with both the women’s and men’s national teams, in the Davis Cup. Moreover, exceptionally, the Finals of the two events were played simultaneously and in the same city.
“I really enjoy being surrounded by positive people who also enjoy the tournament a little bit. When we go out to dinner or we are with the Federation physical therapists, we are one big family. We enjoy being together, going out to dinner together. It’s nice. You talk tennis with people who do the same thing. Then we have a lot of fun. In Indian Wells for example we played table tennis with the boys, we had fun” he recounted. The videos of at least a couple of spectacular points by Sara Errani against Matteo Berrettini tell well the spirit of the Azzurri off the court, with their cheerful Italian faces as Paolo Conte would say.
