Jasmine Paolini has been preparing for a fresh chapter in her career. A top-10 player hiring their doubles partner as a coach is a rarity, but for Paolini, it looks like it might be the key to unlock her 2026 season after a year of ups and downs that ended with just one singles title.

The announcement came during her appearance on Che Tempo Che Fa , where she sat alongside her longtime doubles partner, Sara Errani. Now ranked world number 8, Paolini confirmed her new team for the 2026 season and revealed that two major additions are being made to her coaching setup. The first one is that Danilo Pizzorno will take over as her new head coach. The second piece of news is that Errani will join her team as a player-coach.

“Sara will be on my team next season,” said Paolini. “I’ll have two

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