Conchita Martinez, one of the queen bees of tennis, had done just about everything there was to do in the sport. She had won Wimbledon, coached Garbine Muguruza to win Wimbledon, and won five Federation Cup titles as part of Spain’s women’s national team. But last spring, a new opportunity arrived: molding a teenager, Mirra Andreeva, with the chance to be a generational talent. Did she want to coach a 16-year-old Russian already making waves on the WTA Tour? Martinez, a 52-year-old Spanish woman, is helping Andreeva mold her game.
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