Wednesday’s WTA action at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz revealed a new surprising coaching partnership: During her 6-1 6-3 first-round victory over Germany’s world No.130 Tamara Korpatsch, 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko was helped by retired tennis star Marion Bartoli and the good friends revealed to the media how they started to work together.

The 22-year-old Ostapenko, down to the world No.