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Russia's own Daria Kastakina was struggling in her match against Alize Cornet at the Kremlin Cup. The 21-year-old always wants to perform well, especially in her home country, but she was down a set and a break.

"Dasha, you’re gonna do it, I swear."
Not all heroes wear capes...
Here is the coaching of Philippe when Dasha was down a set and a break.
It certainly helped her to come back and take the win 👊🏼 pic.twitter.com/rYqzpoytTp
— Daria Kasatkina FP (@kasatkinafp) October 17, 2018

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Luckily, the WTA allows for on-court coaching, and she got a much-needed pep talk from Philippe Dehaes.

Among other solid lines, Dehaes said, "You know the China Wall? Now you’re gonna be the Russian Wall. It’s completely new in the market, the Russian Wall. Do you know it? It's solid. Extremely solid. And you don't give any free points."

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It's hard to argue with his tactics as Kastakina would win the match, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to set up an all-Russian quarterfinal with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Kastakina started working with Dehaes a year ago. She has since reached a career-high ranking of No. 11.

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Kasatkina gets epic pep talk from coach in Moscow

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