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Raemon Sluiter and Elise Tamaëla sometimes exchanged their irritations about their students. He was the coach of Kiki Bertens, she as coach of the Serbian Aleksandra Krunic. "Sometimes we are crazy about our player," Tamaëla laughs. "So Raemon asked for a joke if we could not trade once."
There was no real exchange. But when Sluiter had to pass the WTA tournament in the American Charleston due to private circumstances in April, Tamaëla played a dual role. She coached her own Krunic and Bertens, who faced each other in the second round. The 34-year-old former tennis player had to focus on Krunic that day, but Bertens did not cheat on it.
She easily won 6-4 6-2 and went to the finals, where the Wateringse Julia Görges defeated. Indeed, the German who was too strong for Bertens in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon yesterday: 6-3, 5-7, 1-6.
Positive
Tamaëla, 34, who finished his tennis career in 2007, is modest when the tournament wins from Bertens to Charleston arrives and says he did not have too much of a role. "I did not tell Kiki everything she did not know yet, but if you've been coaching the same thing for years, a message can come up very differently if someone's a d & # 39; You tell me, I went to see the training before the tournament, then I asked Raemon how I could approach Kiki.I am a calm and positive person myself and I have also driven: insist on what's going well and indicate what could be better. "
Bertens won her last win in Charleston on her favorite backdrop, preferring to play gravel all year round. Tamaëla notices that the number 20 in the world rankings is growing in her own ability on grass and on hard ground. "In the month before the tournament in Charleston, she had three match points against Venus Williams in Miami. She lost that holiday, but she had been convinced that she could also beat that kind of girl on a faster track. On the gravel, Kiki belongs to the world's top and now she has also beaten top players on the Wimbledon turf. If she continues to win races on the court during the rest of the season, I'm sure she can finish in the top 10. "
Choker
Tamaëla has a lot of respect for what Bertens has shown at Wimbledon, especially because it was almost always said that it was "just-not." "Especially in the media. While she's always worked hard for that. But at times, when it became very exciting, it did not work. Now, she seems to have turned this button. Kiki has an incredible desire to win. You should see what she looks like now. She is more talented than ever and the belief in her own ability is there. You will not win any of the top 10 players if you are a choker.
During the week and a half when they worked together, Tamaëla was recognized by Bertens, who should not have a lot of tennis. "She loves sports, but not all around, that 's why it' s good that they keep the team around Kiek and never linger on the track with d & # 39; Other players.They go to the hotel to play a game.It does not think that the world of tennis is fantastic does not mean that she does not want to put teeth in it. It continues to fight. "
Verstappen
Due to the absence of the Dutch national team at the World Championships, Dutch sports fans are stuck at Max Verstappen's success and know what's happening at the Tour de France. And at the beautiful performance of Bertens at Wimbledon. Tamaëla: "Although she does not like to be a hero at all." She has been on her phone for a while and has not been bothered by the madness that has arisen. around her .. Kiek prefers to stay completely in the background and says all the interviews.But all of that is part of that.But she likes to stay out of the spotlight and just wants to play in tennis. "
Elise Tamaewla during her career as a tennis player. Photo: ANP
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