That change came in the form of new coach Dinara Safina, a former world No. 1 making a welcome return to tour alongside brother Marat Safin, who has begun coaching countryman Andrey Rublev.
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“I started working with Dinara and we’re doing a lot of work to controlling the negative emotions,” Shnaider said on Saturday. “She’s helping me a lot with that, and she can see when I’m struggling with my emotions. She’s like, ‘It’s ok. Take your time. Take a towel, use your 30 seconds, don’t rush. Just control it and think about the next point,’ or, ‘If you made a mistake and it was a very easy one, just think about the ball, what you did wrong, and what you need to do better to not make the same mistake the next time.’”
The work already appears to be paying off in Madrid: the No. 13 seed has dropped just three games in two matches, dropping a 6-0, 6-0 score on Anastasija Sevastova to reach the fourth round at the Caja Magica.
