Andy Murray has opened door to more women coaches, says Olga Morozova

Scots first female coach believes the Wimbledon champion should be thanked for appointing Amélie Mauresmo because nobody else in tennis is letting women in

A few days before this years Wimbledon Championships started, Andy Murray was making his way through one of the car parks at the All England Club when he saw a familiar face. Olga Morozova, the runner-up to Chris Evert here 40 years ago and one of the most respected coaches in the sport, had just parked and greeted the man she first met when he was 11. The one thing I said was: If you need help, Im ready, Morozova said. He was laughing and we were all laughing. Of course it was because of Amélie that I said that.

Morozova is better placed than most to talk about Murrays recent appointment of Amélie Mauresmo as his new coach, having worked very briefly with the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky a few years ago. The Russian, who coached a string of top players, including Natasha Zvereva, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova, told the Guardian she hopes the partnership leads to more women taking up the roles. Everyone should say thank you very much to Andy because he was brave enough to do it, she says.

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