See the gorgeous second Australian Open star’s coach walks out on her after she slammed him in the midst of a match
- Elsa Jacquemot was furious at her coach Simon Blanc
Tennis star Elsa Jacquemot might need a new coach after he sensationally walked out of her match at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
Jacquemot, 22, was outclassed by Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in straight sets in the second round after Simon Blanc left Court 5 after he was verbally abused by the French player.
Trailing 5-0 after just 25 minutes, Jacquemot was visibly angry, and she took her frustration out on Blanc, who had previously coached Putintseva.
‘He has coached her for years and there are schemes [weaknesses] that he hasn’t even told me about, it’s a crazy scenario,’ she told her team.
After hearing Jacquemot’s fiery comments, a seething Blanc picked up his bag and left, but not before pointing his finger at the combative French star.
Speaking after the match, Jacquemot was uncomfortable, but offered no public apology to Blanc.
French tennis star Elsa Jacquemot might need a new coach after he sensationally walked out of her match at the Australian Open on Wednesday
Jacquemot was outclassed by Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the second round when Simon Blanc left Court 5 after he was sledged (pictured)
It comes after Jacquemot beat 20th seed Marta Kostyuk in a thrilling first-round encounter that went for almost four hours
‘It was very difficult. This is a very tough loss. In the first game, something external disrupted me. I don’t really want to talk about it now, it’s my private sphere,’ the world No.60 said.
‘This is a very complicated defeat for me because I wanted to go very far in this tournament.
‘I was far from my level in that match. So it’s very frustrating. This is a loss that will be hard to digest.
‘My mental strength is my greatest asset. In a match like this, I let myself be disrupted by something external.
‘Unfortunately, I couldn’t get back into it. I have many things to improve on this. I’ll work on it.
‘I’m mentally affected. I don’t enjoy it at all, I’m falling apart, I’m playing very badly because it affected me psychologically.’
It comes after Jacquemot beat 20th seed Marta Kostyuk in a thrilling first-round encounter which went for almost four hours.
All three sets were decided by tiebreakers.
