PARIS – Alizée Cornet has been named France’s captain for the Billie Jean King Cup, months after retiring as a participant.
The French Tennis Federation introduced the nominations on Sunday, saying Cornet stood out from different candidates due to his “funding in French tennis, his profile, his motivation and his enjoying subject.”
She replaces Julien Beneteau, who had held the position since 2019.
The 35-year-old Cornet’s position may even embody making ready the French Olympic crew for the 2028 Los Angeles Video games, monitoring nationwide crew gamers throughout competitors, and supervising youth groups.
“I’m grateful for the belief the federation has positioned in me and am decided to do every little thing in my energy to assist our gamers attain their full potential,” Cornet stated in a press release. “My purpose is to construct a robust crew spirit based mostly on excessive requirements, cohesiveness and a ardour for France Jersey.”
Cornet was defeated within the first spherical of the French Open in Might and retired from lively play.
Throughout a 20-year profession by which she was hailed as a younger prodigy, Cornet reached a career-high rating of No. 11 in 2009 and received six titles as a stable baseline participant with a strong backhand.
She holds the report for many consecutive Grand Slam event appearances by a lady, with 69 appearances, from the 2007 Australian Open to this 12 months’s French Open.
An avid author, Cornet revealed his first novel “La Valse des Jours” (Waltz of the Days) in 2022.
