"He brought me back to love tennis" - Halep on working with Mouratoglou

Simona Halep will make her return to tennis today in Washington and ahead of the event, she spoke about her experiences with new coach Mouratoglou.

The duo have been working for a couple of months now after Halep parted ways with Darren Cahill and Mouratoglou split ways with Serena Williams. It's been a pretty decent pairing with Halep showing a fair level of consistency albeit missing the big bang in terms of trophies.

Speaking ahead of Washington she said:

"What I can say in this moment it’s the best thing that could happen to me, to meet Patrick. He has super energy. He’s super kind. So it means a lot for me to work with people like this. All his experience and all his advice is amazing, so I’m enjoying a lot this period. He brought me back to love tennis, to love working, which never happened before. Now I’m just giving my best every day. We don’t have expectations in order of results. We just have expectations to work hard and to improve.”

Halep will be without her coach in Washington but he will join her in Cincinnati and the US Open as well. She further revealed that he takes care of everything when it comes to her tennis:

“Everything is Mouratoglou now. The team, it’s 100% him. Everything that is going around me, it’s about his academy and his-self. I made this change because I really felt to do it. I thought I will be done with tennis at 30, but now I started something nice and something new. Everything is completely new. So I will enjoy. Actually I’m enjoying already. I will see how good I can be in the future.”