Dramatic coaching split for Garcia ahead of WTA Finals: "I preferred to cut rather than tear"

Carolina Garcia parted ways with her coach just days before the WTA Finals were set to begin in Forth Worth.

The French player will be playing at her first WTA Finals due to a dream season which saw her hit an even higher peak than several years ago when she won back-to-back WTA 1000 trophies. Garcia started working with her coach last year and since then they have been able to completely transform her career.

Something went wrong recently with the pair now announcing a split in dramatic fashion as Bertrand Perret sat down with L'Equipe to discuss what went wrong. The coach explained that issues made it impossible for him to have fun while coaching:

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"In recent weeks, there have been problems. They ended up spoiling the atmosphere and I preferred to stop. I do this job for fun and there, there was less.I would have liked to go to the Masters, yes. But I'm not a man of pretense and when it's over, it's over. There was no point in artificially prolonging. I preferred to cut rather than tear."

He added:

"I'm glad I took her to the Masters, everything we did. I have no problem with Caroline and I'm happy for her. For now, I'm cutting. It will soon be time to see if I can find someone to coach, but I'm not thinking about it now."

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