Lyuda Samsonova: When Success Is The Result Of Hard Sacrifices And Passion.

Today I want to celebrate a great athlete of the women's world tennis scene and with her coach, "the infinite" Danilo Pizzorno. Because? When I started my tennis experience I was nine years old and Lyuda, who at the time I had the pleasure of knowing and attending with her some tennis stages in Turin and Biella (Italy) organized by the internationally renowned coach Riccardo Piatti, already manifested values ​​and attitudes highlighting seriousness, ability, determination, dedication, and passion. 

Undoubtedly the charisma and professionalism of dad Dimar, an athletic trainer of undoubted value helped Lyuda's training and preparation at a sporting level. However, you cannot reach specific goals without method, hard work, and concrete goals in your head: "I dream of the Top 10 in two years,” this is what was stated in the latest interviews released.

Lyuda Samsonova | The Championships, Wimbledon 2021.

"Super aggressive" player, as she likes to define herself, she occupies the twentieth position of the WTA ranking. The WTA 500 in Tokyo, which recently closed, is the fourth title in as many finals played, which went to embellish Luda's showcase, the third in the season on hard courts, and the second in a row without losing sets. Extraordinary numbers, to say the least, for "Ace-Woman," that certify the constant growth of a tennis player who is finally expressing her potential and maturity.

Her two secrets? Here is what Lyuda tells us: “Danilo (Pizzorno, ed.) is a genius - explained Liudmila in an interview with the WTA website - and I am not saying it because he is my coach. The fact is that tactically he sees everything before others and also built me ​​piece by piece. If I am what I am today, it is his merit." Always on his coach: "Surely the impact of a technician like Danilo Pizzorno is fundamental for me. With him, we work a lot on the technique because, according to him, and in my opinion, by working on the technique, you can raise your level. Then the technique must always be combined with tactics." 

Danilo Pizzorno Coach of Lyuda Samsonova.

On these judgments, she finds me in total agreement. In my tennis experience at a competitive level, I had the honor of meeting Danilo and being followed by him in many stages and video analysis sessions (certainly one of the best experts in the world).

Thanks, Danilo, for everything you taught me! 

As anticipated, Italian National FIT Master and Professional PTR Danilo Pizzorno is an expert in Video Analysis applied to tennis. One of the first introduced this tool in the training of players, helping many Italian and non-Italian professional tennis players explore their potential. Danilo, from Turin, is first of all a tennis maestro, as he defines himself: "But my father - explains in a break from work with the Russian Italian Liudmila Samsonova - had a passion for photography, which he cultivated as a hobby but making beautiful shots. So, to follow him, I also dedicated myself to images, associating them with tennis, which has become my job over time." (Source: SuperTennis)

A professional who, in addition to an infinite professional preparation, combines extraordinary humanity and attention.

The second name that emerges in her two secrets is that of Claudia Gambarino, an Italian sports psychologist introduced to Liudmila by coach Pizzorno. Their collaboration began last July, and from here began that winning streak that changed the career of the girl born in Murmansk, but raised in Italy.

Go Lyuda continues to make us dream!

Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova | 2022 Tokyo Final | WTA Match Highlights