Mirra Andreeva makes first coaching change of her career with Jean-René Lisnard partnership over

16-year-old Russian prodigy, Mirra Andreeva has made a first coaching change of her fledgling career so far with the tutelage of Jean-René Lisnard being left behind, she has confirmed after her run to the fourth round of the 2024 Australian Open.

Duly noted during her first breakout, Andreeva was based in Cannes, France instead of back home in Russia with the 16-year-old moving to Europe in order to be based at the Elite Tennis Center which includes Lisnard and Jean-Christophe Faurel as coaches. It has undoubtedly moulded Andreeva into being one of the highest touted prospects in women's tennis in an incredible amount of time.

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However, Russian caoch Kirill Kryukov has joined her team instead. But this won't mean she leaves France, she will just train on other courts outside of the guidance of Lisnard. “Previously, I’ve been training at Lisnard Academy, but not this time. We are still based in France, but on the other courts. I have Russian coach Kirill Kryukov, he travelled with me being the main part of my team.”
It was a similar set-up to the one previously had and resumed now by Emma Raducanu before she won the US Open with the Brit having Andrew Richardson, an LTA coach with her before going on a coaching merry go round post her success and now she is back with LTA guidance with Nick Cavaday. But Andreeva isn't going for a big name in this regard.

She was lauded after her run at the Australian Open by Lindsay Davenport on Tennis Channel who sees her as 'the real deal' and a future Grand Slam champion.

“I think everybody in tennis and the players know she is the real deal,” Davenport told the Tennis Channel.
“She is coming; She is going to be in the Top 10. She’s going to be in the conversation of being a Grand Slam champion. You just never know when the player reaches that point in their own mind. Sometimes, it is this young. Sometimes it might take until 17 or 18.
“Gauff wins a major at 19, but we started talking about her when she was 15. Maybe it is now for Andreeva."

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