The reinvention of Haddad Maia: “If tennis were easy, everyone would be top 10”

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Taking advantage of her time at the Mutua Madrid Open this week, Punto de Break sits down with Beatriz Haddad Maia to learn about her restructuring process with the arrival of Carlos Martínez as her coach.

It is strange to check the top 50 of the WTA ranking and not find the name of Beatriz Haddad Maia (Sao Paulo, 1996), the best Brazilian tennis player of the last decade. Her progress halted last year, as a bad streak extended over time, pushing her out of the top positions. This led her to break everything and seek a fresh start. A project led by Carlos Martínez with the aim of regaining order, confidence, and that aura of a fearsome player. Just at the Mutua Madrid Open, things did not go well – a clear defeat in the debut against Jessica Bouzas – but Bia doesn't lose her smile in her meeting with Punto de Break. An overwhelming charm that helps you understand why the locker room appreciates her so much.

A brief stop in Madrid, not the best day.

Today I played well below the level at which I had been training, far from my real level. I felt bad in my feet, lacking energy, nothing like during the training sessions [...] But well, I am very excited, very positive to start this new project with a new team. I know it's a process that will take time, so now it's time to be patient and work hard to turn these results around.

When starting with a new coach, do you keep anything from the past?

I keep some things from before, both my coach and I. In the end, those previous experiences count a lot. Carlos (Martínez) is a person with a lot of experience with top players, in addition to having very similar human values to mine; he is a family man very close to his people, which makes him very special. I also bring my history with other people, so now it's about adjusting some details, but it's not easy. We need to get to know each other a bit more personally, understand better how my mind works in matches and off the court. The more he knows about my life, the more he can help me day by day, but the foundation we bring is independent of each of us.

Can you imagine that mixed doubles for the future?

It would be a dream; I have to propose it (laughs). Hopefully, it happens, it's not easy; the guys play five-set matches in Grand Slams. It would be great at the Olympic Games.

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