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On December 12, Beijing time, according to Tennis World, Dmitry Tursunov, the coach of WTA's current seventh world Anett Kontaveit, said in an interview with Russian media a few days ago that he talked about the "Big Three" who will become the best topic in history.
Born in 1995, Estonian women's Cantawirt has made several histories in the 2021 season: in the women's singles final of the WTA250 Cleveland in August, she terminated a five-game losing streak in the individual Tour singles finals to win the WTA Tour women's singles title for the second time. Since then, she has won three consecutive titles at the WTA500 Ostrava Open, the WTA500 Kremlin Cup and the WTA Transylvania Open, making her number of titles that were still stuck in "1" at the beginning of the year rise to "5" in just 3 months.
With 10 consecutive wins in singles, 15 consecutive wins in indoor hard courts, and 28 wins in 28 games, Kontawirt became the first Estonian female player in history to be among the top ten in the world, and she also became the first Estonian player in history to reach the women's singles squad of the WTA year-end finals. As she finished runner-up in the year-end finals, her year-end world rankings were finally fixed at seventh place in the world, the highest year-end ranking ever achieved by an Estonian player.
The hero who made Kontavet reborn in just 3 months was the Russian Tursunov. Tursunov helped Sabalenka reach the top 10 in the world, and his first partnership with Cantawirt won the title in Cleveland in August, and he rose to prominence in the next year, making the latter's performance in stark contrast to the 19-13 results in the first half of the year. It can be seen that Tursunov is a very skilled coach.
A few days ago, Tursunov gave a long and very interesting interview with the Russian website Vedomostisport.
In the interview, he was also asked about the topic that people in the tennis world often talk about: among Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic, who would eventually become the "best ever"?
The player, who also became a top 20 coach, admitted that he believes the Serbian has a better advantage.
Djokovic infographic
"I find it hard to assume that Novak won't win another Grand Slam again." Tursunov said, "He's going to break that [Grand Slam] record for the number of wins, and that's not a problem for him." ”
"Roger's chances of winning another Grand Slam are slim, given his age, his style of play and his form."
Federer Infographic
"Rafa's games are so energy draining and he plays every game like it's his last. Given his age and health, this is a disadvantage. Although over the years, he has changed his tennis: he has become more aggressive and no longer too far from the bottom line. ”
"These three people complement each other and complement each other. Thanks to Federer and Nadal, Djokovic has become such a strong player. He struggled to find a way to beat them, and he relied on physical preparation. Now, he looks like a triathlete, and he's also very attentive. ”