Tennis NZ High Performance director Christophe Lambert quits role to become new coach of Bianca Andreescu ahead of 2023 season

Bianca Andreescu has a new coach with the Canadian hiring of the performance director of New Zealand tennis Christophe Lambert.

Lambert was a coach working for Tennis New Zealand until he took a new position in 2020. He's now back with coaching and he'll coach Andreescu starting next year. NZ Tennis CEO Julie Paterson explained it was too good to pass up:

“An opportunity came to Christophe that was too good for him to turn down. So I’m really excited for him about this opportunity. When he told me, I thought it would be a great step for him."

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He coached Andreescu when she was younger and he worked for Tennis Canada so this is something that was initiated by Andreescu:

“Bianca asked me to coach her and I accepted the job. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse. It wasn’t like every week or every month. It’s always good to have people calling you when you are up, but when she was down I was checking on her and giving her my opinion.”

Andreescu was last in action in Glasgow at the Billie Jean King Cup finals.

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