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New Coach Effect? Shapovalov, Youzhny Say Not So Fast

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Shapovalov has played his best tennis while working with the Russian
A new coach arrives, the player starts playing better than ever. All credit lies with the coach, right?

Looking at only the timing of their relationship, Russian Mikhail Youzhny played a major role in helping Denis Shapovalov of Canada turn around his 2019 and start 2020 as well as he did at the ATP Cup.

Youzhny started working with Shapovalov in August at the Winston-Salem Open. The 20-year-old was 17-18 on the season and in the middle of a 2-6 stretch. But after connecting with Youzhny, Shapovalov, who is the third seed this week in Montpellier, finished the season 21-10.

Youhzny, however, a former World No. 8 who retired in 2018 after 20 years as a professional, says the dynamic of a player hiring a new coach and immediately playing better is far more complex than it might seem.

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“It doesn't work like this. It's not magic work. It's not like you're coming, you say something, and he's starting to play better, like really better,” Youzhny told ATPTour.com.

All kinds of things influence how someone performs on court, Youzhny said, and Shapovalov's career trajectory had always been up and up and up. Five months before their partnership began, the Canadian cracked the Top 20 in April after making his third ATP Masters 1000 semi-final in Miami (l. to Federer).

But under Youzhny, there's no questioning that Shapovalov's game has reached another level. The #NextGenATP left-hander won his first ATP Tour title at the Stockholm Open (d. Krajinovic) in October and made his maiden Masters 1000 final (l. to Djokovic) at the Rolex Paris Masters in November.

At the inaugural ATP Cup, Shapovalov started 2020 with two Top 10 wins against Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev, and he pushed Novak Djokovic to a third-set tie-break at the Final Eight in Sydney.


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The 20-year-old happily admits that Youzhny has had a positive effect, but also concedes that his recent rise is more complicated than it looks.

“I don't think it's anything specific. I just have been working over the years and just kind of building my game. Of course, Mikhail has helped me a lot, but it comes from before then. Even when I wasn't getting a lot of wins, when I was struggling, I was still going to the court, working every single day as hard as I could,” Shapovalov said.

“I don't think it comes from something magical. The end of last season it was kind of starting to click for me. The way I started, it's great. So hopefully I can just keep up my form and just keep improving. Still, I'm only 20 years old, and I feel like there is a lot of room to grow and areas where I can work on.”

Youzhny has been impressed with Shapovalov's talent, but more so with his willingness to grow and try new ideas.

“He can do everything on court, like volley, backhand, serve. That's why for me it's interesting to work with him,” Youzhny said.

“What I like, if you ask him something to try, he always tries to try... This is very good because he never said, 'This? I don't need at all. This, for what I need this one? Blah, blah, blah.' He's open for something new. This is really important because this is the thing that can bring you to a new level.”

For instance, at Youzhny's urging, Shapovalov has incorporated backhand slices into his game to get more returns in play. The tactic especially helped him at the end of 2019.

“Me and Mischa worked on blocking it a lot more to kind of start the point, and it's a tricky shot for the opponents,” Shapovalov said. “I feel like it's a really big improvement in my game.”

Players who hire new coaches, such as Shapovalov, can often be more open to new ideas, Youzhny said, which can help them improve at a quicker rate once the new mentor comes on board. Simply by deciding to bring a new coach onto the team, the player has shown he's ready to listen to a new voice and new ideas.


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“He changed his mentality, he changed his mood... he changed already by himself,” Youzhny said. “Even if you say the same things [that he's heard] 100 times, 1,000 times before but from other persons, but working in a different way, it's feeling like something new.”

Shapovalov has appreciated Youzhny's new approach but also his familiarity with the left-hander's game and his opponents. Youzhny won 10 ATP Tour singles titles and went 499-416 before retiring at the 2018 St. Petersburg Open.

“I just really like the way he works. He's always making me work that little bit extra. Whenever I think practice is over or I'm going to get a drink, he makes me do those five, 10 extra minutes of ball feeding or serves and stuff like this. And I think stuff like this goes a far way,” Shapovalov said. “He really understands me, understands what I'm going through, and I really feel that from him.

“I feel like he can really help me with the players, too, in terms of what they don't like, what to do in matches.

“I think the combo has been really good. I feel like from the first day he's really understood how I play my game and how I see myself playing. He's really helped me get there and helped me become a good tennis player.”

Shapovalov reached a new career-high of No. 13 in the FedEx ATP Rankings last month. At this rate, by season's end, he could be matching Youzhny's career-high of No. 8. Together, as player and coach, they could share the glory, both deflecting praise to each other.

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Coaches' Corner: Why Cervara And Medvedev Are A Winning Team

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Influence of watching Safin, helping Frenchman to develop skills

Daniil Medvedev was concerned that he wasn’t landing his first serve. Sitting in the Team Zone are the Russian's coach Gilles Cervara and Marat Safin, the captain of Team Russia, at the inaugural ATP Cup. Italian Fabio Fognini, who has landed in Perth barely 24 hours earlier, wanting to spend more time in Barcelona following the recent birth of his daughter, Farah, is landing big shots, taking the first set 6-1. Medvedev looks over early in the second set, seeking help. Safin, who hasn’t wanted to tread on the toes of a player’s regular team, is concise and direct: “Throw it up, down the middle.” Medvedev does just that, hits an ace and returns a smile. He goes on to register his first win of the competition.

Safin is old-school, not wanting too much data to differentiate his read of the game. He told ATPTour.com in Perth, “I don’t want to interfere in some things between a player and their coach, because sometimes if I say something, it might not have the right effect. I want them to believe in themselves and to do the best they can do. It's a very delicate matter, because everybody has his own character and own approach; how they want to be approached, and I don't want to make any damage, that's for sure. I will try to be careful with my words.” For Cervara, named by his peers as Coach of the Year in the 2019 ATP Awards, being alongside Safin, a former No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, was an education into how a top player viewed a match unfolding. You could tell had Safin the total respect of Medvedev and Karen Khachanov.

“It was interesting being with Safin at the ATP Cup,” Cervara told ATPTour.com. “It was not the same view as I had from my coach position, as he saw it from the fact that he was a top player. In the Strategy Room or courtside, he always asked me if he could say something to Daniil, but he was always a sounding board for advice, even though how we worded our thoughts may have be different. I haven’t had mentors from coaching, but I do admire people with personality, from other sports and life in general, the way they live their lives and understand life. Marat was never pushy, but offered a welcome, different perspective and I learned an awful lot, just as I did with my own career, which was never at this level. But I understood what was happening to me on the court and I developed to help me to transfer my knowledge, my vision, to a player.”

Medvedev, Safin

The 39-year-old Cervara established the Elite Tennis Center in Cannes seven years ago with Jean-Rene Lisnard, and it was after a visit — and a lot of questions — from Medvedev’s parents [Sergey and Olga] in 2015 that their son relocated to the south of France for better training facilities and to stay with his sister, Elena, who already lived there. “While it wasn’t my first coaching experience, I wasn’t well known, but we developed a good connection,” admitted Cervara. “In 2015, his main coach was supposed to go to Marseille with Daniil, but he couldn’t as he was at another tournament with another player. So it was decided that I would go with Daniil to Marseille. We did a good job together and I was careful and sensitive about his personality, so he played well and felt good about his tennis. One year later, for the grass season, we went to a few tournaments and later in 2016, attended a few more. In the off-season we said 'goodbye', but we felt we’d worked well together and that’s how our relationship developed.”

It wasn’t until after Medvedev, then aged 21, had beaten Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the 2017 Wimbledon first round, that Cervara started to understand how he could help. Cervara, who became the Russian’s full-time coach later that year, remembers, “It was a big victory to beat a top player like Wawrinka. It meant something. I was not working with him all the time, but he was a good player, although I could see that there was nothing consistent in his preparation. That’s what we developed, when he asked me to be his full-time coach. I had a clear vision that we needed to improve this day-after-day and built a team around Daniil to help him.”

The team of physical trainer Eric Hernandez, psychologist Francisca Dauzet and sports scientist Yann Le Meur, in addition to those who analyse data from all of Medvedev’s matches, shared in Cervara’s coaching honour, as voted for by his peers in the 2019 ATP Awards. “Eric was there from the beginning, working at the centre as a physical trainer, but I knew as a coach Daniil’s physical strength was weak and we needed to do better” said Cervara. “It was the same with the mental approach with Francisca, with Daniil accepting and realising he need to do this work. Daniil was sensitive to Yann, who I’d known before, and we worked well together to be strong physically, because recovery in sports is a small part. If you’re not well trained physically, recovery doesn’t mean anything.”

They were all essential to Medvedev’s success last season, when the Russian posted an ATP Tour-best 59 match wins, 46 hard-court victories and nine final appearances, in addition to reaching a career-high No. 4. “Did Daniil’s 2019 surprise me?” asks Cervara. “I want to say in one part, yes, because when it happens like this, it’s ‘Wow, it’s amazing!’ But at the same time when you think about the work he did, then you know it wasn’t surprising. When you think about his win over [Stan] Wawrinka at Wimbledon [in 2017], Daniil was 70 in the world. It meant he could do crazy things, so no I’m not surprised about last year. He is the pilot now, driving to improve different areas.”

Cervara, Medvedev

The 24-year-old Medvedev has started 2020 with an 8-4 record, including four straight wins at the start of the season when he helped Russia to the ATP Cup semi-finals. Cervara doesn’t believe Medvedev is “under pressure [to defend 2019 FedEx ATP Rankings points], because he tries to do his best and win every match.” He won’t be changing anything up any time soon in their pre-match preparations. “I try to get Daniil mentally sound, the best feeling he can be,” said the French coach. “Sometimes we don’t work a lot with the ball, but we do the main things he likes to do. I try and fix one or two small things between matches in our one-hour training sessions, or work on different things if Daniil is receptive to it. Sometimes you do things that turn out to be useless, and sometimes useless things that are beneficial. It’s about feeling. I want him to feel good, putting in exercises he likes to do as it’s something we have done a lot.”

Safin, who finished his playing career in 2009, reflected on the state of Medvedev’s game at the ATP Cup, saying, “The first year, when you start and you do well, it's a little bit easier than the second year. Because in the second year everybody starts to know you, starts to learn about you, and they try to change a tactic against you. He was a newcomer last year. So, this year, I think he's working on a few new things to improve — it's like a telephone. You have to upgrade each year, every time. The way that Daniil is thinking it, I think he will be dangerous this year. He's very pumped up… Daniil is getting more and more stronger in the head. He's a big fighter. He's very smart, which is good. He reads the game very well. It's easier for him to adapt to other players. He plays very good in important moments, in important matches, like we saw against Rafa [Nadal] in finals of the [2019] US Open.”

So after travelling to so many tournaments together, have player and coach become friends? “It’s tough to define what sort of relationship we have," says Cervara. "In one way we can say friends, but it’s tough to use that word from my side. We have a very good connection, it’s not about talking, it’s sometimes just a look to convey energy and emotion. Things that worry me, don't worry him and vice versa. I work on my coaching to develop my skills, as Daniil does with his tennis. Both are different approaches to the sport, but we have a good bond and one goal. I want him to realise his potential and have the best career he can.”

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Coaches' Corner: Annacone On Fritz & Traits The Greats Share

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ATP Tennis Radio catches up with American coach

Paul Annacone, who rose to a career-high No. 12 in the FedEx ATP Rankings during his career, smoothly transitioned to coaching, and has worked with two former World No. 1s: Pete Sampras (1995-2002) and Roger Federer (2010-2013). Additionally, the American coached Tim Henman (2003-2007), Sloane Stephens (2013-14) and joined Taylor Fritz’s team two years ago.

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the American spoke exclusively to ATP Tennis Radio from his home about life with Fritz and what lessons he has learned about coaching over the past 25 years.

How is Taylor coping during the Tour suspension?
He is keeping well; we talk every day. He has started a pretty comprehensive strength and conditioning programme, and this is a really good time for it. We’ve got a big block of time, so he can do a bunch of stuff he hasn’t been able to do. His strength and conditioning coach Brent Salazar and his physio, Wolfgang Oswald, work pretty good hand-in-hand setting up programmes like this. They have been spending a lot of time figuring it out. It stays fluid, a moving target.

Taylor is 22 years of age, he has a lot of energy. He realises this is an incredibly serious moment in history, not just tennis, and he needs to get something positive out of it with his strength and conditioning. When it gets safer to get back on the court as a team, we’ll do that and we’ll rebuild. He is working hard. I just worry he’ll become so good at all of his e-gaming that he’ll become a professional e-gamer and his tennis will go out of the window.

Was the strength and conditioning work something you were going to do anywhere, or is it something you identified he needed to work on?
He is a 22-year-old kid and he has a long, languid body. We don’t get a tonne of time. The calendar doesn’t give us a tonne of time to do this. In a strange way, now is the time for him to hit the gym, the assault bike and get on the weights. Brent can go do all of this via chat. You put on your iPad and you can watch all of the exercises and he can do it. It’s terrific. That is one way to have granules of optimism with the situation we’re in.


It seemed Taylor was really making a move now. What area do you think you’ve most improved since you started working together?
Taylor is one of the most strong-willed people I’ve ever met. That can be good and bad. That can be challenging when I’m trying to convince him of something that he doesn’t believe in. That’s a challenge for me. But when it’s good is in [facing] adversity, when he is on court and things don’t look great and he isn’t winning, or he is a little injured. He is one of the best unconditional competitors out there. He can wear his emotions on his sleeve, but I don’t mind that, because he doesn’t ever stop. I’ve seen him win matches when he is sick, when he is hurt, when he is not playing well and those are the ingredients that he is going to [need to] reach his potential. Whatever your potential is.

So when I see Taylor do that, I’m really proud. Getting to the final of an ATP 500-level event in Acapulco was a really good boost for him, but I don’t look at it through a microscope and I understand there is a lot of stuff that can and can’t happen. He will go through lots of ups and downs. I go for the macro-picture, which is this is a journey, this is not a destination.

It’s like riding a bus, there are lots of stops throughout a career. Roger Federer’s bus is still going. If he thought there was a destination, why is he still playing? Why is Rafa playing? Why is Serena still playing? They’ve got everything they need. [But] because it’s a journey and they are all learning, there are always new things to overcome. There are always new ways to create a better pathway to reach your potential. With Taylor, I love reinforcement in a positive way in terms of results, but I am a big believer in sticking to the process that can get you to reaching your potential.

As a big-picture guy, do you have very routine day-to-day tasks that you do with Taylor? What would be a normal training block?
During a training block, he’d normally do an early morning gym session, if you’re not at a tournament. Anywhere from 20-45 minutes, before you get on a court. Then on the court around 90 minutes to three hours, depending on the day, then he is back in the gym. Then we sometimes tag another on-court session on the end of the day, working on something specific like the serve or return of serve. Right now, we’re not worried about it, because there is plenty of time. We’re all working at this as we go through it. There is a very good team around Taylor that, for sure, will maximise the opportunity and the ability that we have in terms of time, to get him to become a better tennis player.



The things you do with Taylor, are they in the same mould as the things you did with Pete Sampras, Roger Federer or Tim Henman? Or do you as a coach like to keep changing things up?
I think you have to move with the times a little bit. You want to use what’s successful, then translate it into a language and into a process that resonates with a different time. My philosophies of training, of practising and coaching have not changed that much, but it’s the ability to adapt and adjust so that they work in 2020 versus 1990 or 2004. You have to be fluid and be aware, but you also have to be aware of the player you’re working with.

Taylor is very different; he is 22 years of age. Roger and Tim were in their late 20s. Pete was 23 when I started working with him, but he was already World No. 2. It’s a different process, but it’s now the ability to build on a process with a 22-year-old Taylor Fritz. He is pretty clear on the fact that he wants to see how good he can be.

Is there a difference between coaching a female player, as you did with Sloane Stephens? It is hugely different?
I think it’s different. I have a 26-year-old daughter as well. It’s a different dynamic. Men and women are equal, but they have different make-ups. I don’t know if it’s gender related, or just personality related. I was with Sloane when she was a lot younger, closer to Taylor’s age now. Sloane has a different personality to Taylor, who has a different personality to Pete, who has a different one to Roger.

As a coach, the biggest challenge is figuring out how to plug in what you want to do and how the player will receive it best. That’s the biggest challenge in individual sports versus opposed team sports. If you think of team philosophies, whether it is European football, or American basketball or football, teams generally conform to a coach’s philosophy. If you’re a successful individual coach, with an professional athlete, you’re going to have a hard time if your philosophy is mono-focused or can only be said one way. Regardless of who the player is, I don’t think it’s necessarily gender, it’s about personalities.



Are there traits that Sampras and Federer shared, that you recognise and now wish to impart on Taylor?
I believe what makes up every human being, and an athlete specially is three categories. Your talent: your athletic talent, your God-given skillset. Then the other categories are your head and your heart. Your head is the ability to process and to problem solve under every pressure. You’re able to think through adversity, you’re able to sort problems out and you’re able to problem solve. Your heart is the ability to compete. Someone like Rafael Nadal is a great person to look at for heart, as no matter what the score is, he’s not giving you one point. He is never going to give in, stop fighting or trying.

For me, the best of the best are the highest in those three categories. They may not be the best in every category, but they resonate pretty highly in all three if they are to consistently get great results. For me, it’s about trying to engrain head and heart, specifically when players are younger, so they it becomes habit for them. If you have that mentality from when you’re young, that's going to be your normal. Then, the physical stuff becomes easier and you can maximise your talent.

Taking constructive criticism too, presumably that’s all part of being strong in the head? Are there examples of where Federer took something on board?
So much of what you do with an individual athlete is about not wanting to crush their ego. You want them to be able to hold a mirror up and say, ‘Okay, let’s work on this, and a little bit of that. I’m not doing so well here.’ Roger is very self-aware, and because of that, it becomes very easy to coach. You don’t have a lot of convincing to do, as he does that in a pragmatic way, and it doesn’t affect his confidence. That’s one of the reasons why he has been great for so long: he’s comfortable in his own skin. He is also able to be very realistic about what he’s doing well and what he’s not. He problem solves in a way that isn’t smothered or suffocated by emotion. It’s very clear, simplistic.

If you have a player like that, is the player more receptive to taking advice before a match?
Everyone is very different. Roger to Pete and Tim Henman, who was pretty conversational and would talk a lot about plans and strategies. Roger was similar to Tim in that regard. If you thought differently to Roger, you better have been able to prove it to him and explain to him why. Otherwise he wouldn’t buy in as much. Pete wanted to be very concise, with very simple and clear direction. He wanted it done in a way that is unencumbered with a lot of complexity. ‘Here’s what you need to do. Here’s what’s going to happen if you do that.’ Boom, boom, boom, go out and play. So you have to figure out what each player needs and it’s one of the arts of coaching and one of the reasons why I like it so much.

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Tenis. Słynny trener Nick Bollettieri trafił do szpitala. Zasłabł na korcie

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Nick Bollettieri, trener i twórca akademii tenisowej IMG, trafił w środę do szpitala. Amerykanin poczuł się źle podczas zajęć prowadzonych na korcie.
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Rafał Smoliński
14 Maja 2020, 21:55
Nick Bollettieri
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Tenis. Patrick McEnroe wątpi, że Andy Murray znów znajdzie się na szczycie. "Będzie mu trudno wrócić na dawny poziom"
Informację o tym przekazał podczas programu Tennis Channel Live były piąty tenisista świata, Jimmy Arias. Nick Bollettieri liczy już sobie 88 lat, ale mimo sędziwego wieku pozostaje aktywny i codziennie prowadzi zajęcia. To właśnie podczas środowego treningu poczuł się źle i upadł na kort.
- Rozmawiałem z nim zeszłej nocy i był w bardzo dobrym humorze, tyle że to facet, który nigdy nie był u lekarza. Nie chce do niego iść, boi się igieł. (...) Teraz czuje się lepiej - powiedział Arias, który jest jednym z wychowanków słynnego trenera i pomaga mu w akademii.


Tym razem Bollettieri musiał trafić do szpitala. Przypuszcza się, że obecne problemy zdrowotne są związane z infekcją nerek. Jeśli sytuacja się ustabilizuje, to już w piątek będzie mógł zostać wypisany do domu.

Bollettieri jest trenerem tenisowym od ponad 60 lat. W gronie jego wychowanków są takie legendy jak Monica Seles, Maria Szarapowa, Serena i Venus Williams, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker czy Jim Courier. W 1981 roku założył słynną akademię tenisową w Bradenton na Florydzie. W 2014 roku został przyjęty do Międzynarodowej Tenisowej Galerii Sław.

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Del Potro Announces Split With Prieto

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Argentine reached career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 3 during partnership
When play resumes on Tour, 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will have a new coach working alongside him. The Argentine confirmed on Saturday that he parted ways with coach Sebastian Prieto, whom he has worked with since August 2017.

Prieto will switch to coaching fellow Argentine Juan Ignacio Londero. The former ATP Tour player picked up 10 tour-level doubles titles during his career and peaked at No. 22 in the FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings in 2006.

“I want to share that I have agreed with Sebastian Prieto to end our partnership, so that he can work with Juan Londero, while I continue my rehab process,” Del Potro wrote. “I’m very thankful to Piper for all of these years together. He is a great coach and an even better person. All the best!”


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I want to share that I have agreed with Sebastian Prieto to end our partnership, so that he can work with Juan Londero, while I continue my rehab process. I'm very thankful to Piper for all of these years together. He is a great a coach and even a better person. All the best!

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Del Potro has not yet confirmed who will replace him. Prieto helped the baseliner achieve several career highlights in 2018, including his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the BNP Paribas Open, first Grand Slam final in nine years at the US Open and reaching a career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 3 that August.

The 31-year-old Del Potro has not competed since last June after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right kneecap he sustained that month at the Fever-Tree Championships. He previously broke his patella in October 2018 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, causing him to miss the last four weeks of that season and limiting him to five tournaments in 2019.


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ATP Coaches Launch Fan Experience

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Experiences include private coaching sessions with legendary ATP coaches

Members of the ATP Coach Programme in collaboration with ATP have launched a series of exclusive fan experiences in support of coaches affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The initiative, hosted on fundraising platform Givergy, gives tennis fans the opportunity to bid for once-in-a-lifetime experiences through auctions and prize draws. Experiences include private coaching sessions with legendary ATP coaches including Paul Annacone, Boris Becker, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert, Goran Ivanisevic, Ivan Lendl, Ivan Ljubicic, Carlos Moya, Patrick Mouratoglou and Marian Vajda. Sessions will take place onsite at 2021 ATP Tour and Grand Slam events and include a combination of match tickets, premium hospitality and unique behind-the-scenes access. Exclusive merchandise will also be made available on the platform.

The initial three-week bidding window will take place from 8-29 June 2020, with future rounds and experiences to be announced. Funds raised will be allocated by the ATP Coaches Committee to support the members of the ATP Coach Programme, whose ability to work has been impacted by the ongoing pandemic. In addition, a part of proceeds will be donated to a global COVID-19 relief fund.

“It is great to see coaches and tournaments offer some truly incredible and unique experiences to our fans,” said Andrea Gaudenzi, ATP Chairman. “The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the ability of many people to work and coaches are no exception. The fact this initiative also helps fellow members of the tennis family during this uncertain time shows the unity and innovative spirit of tennis.”

“Coaches play a huge role in our sport and we wanted to do something creative to support the wider coaching community. I am proud so many tennis icons and tournaments are getting behind this,” said Dani Vallverdu, ATP Coach. “I am really excited for fans to enjoy these unique tennis experiences and hopefully leave with some unforgettable memories.”

For more information on available experiences and merchandise or to donate to the initiative please visit the Givergy website.

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Tenis. Pokonanie Rafaela Nadala w Paryżu było obsesją Novaka Djokovicia. "W pełni się na tym skupił"

Spoiler:

Marian Vajda, trener Novaka Djokovicia, wyjawił, że pokonanie Rafaela Nadala w Rolandzie Garrosie w pewnym momencie było obsesją jego podopiecznego. - To stało się jego głównym celem i w pełni się na tym skupił - wyjawił.
Marcin Motyka
Marcin Motyka
09 Czerwca 2020, 09:20
Novak Djoković (z lewej) i Marian Vajda (z prawej) podczas treningu
Getty Images / Dennis Grombkowski / Na zdjęciu: Novak Djoković (z lewej) i Marian Vajda (z prawej) podczas treningu



Tenis. Trener zbędnym wydatkiem dla Nicka Kyrgiosa. "To strata pieniędzy"
Novak Djoković często podkreśla, że Rafael Nadal jest jego największym rywalem. Serb zdawał sobie sprawę, że aby wygrać Rolanda Garrosa, musi znaleźć sposób na pokonanie Hiszpana w Paryżu. Sześć pierwszych prób (w sezonach 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 i 2014) zakończyło się niepowodzeniami.
- Mączka od zawsze była ulubioną nawierzchnią Novaka, to na niej zdobył swój pierwszy tytuł ATP, w 2006 roku w Amersfoort - mówił trener Djokovicia, Marian Vajda, w programie The Tennis Podcast. - Później dostosował swoją grę do kortów twardych oraz trawiastych i na tych nawierzchniach zdobywał tytuły wielkoszlemowe.


- Z czasem jednak zaczął wkładać wszystkie wysiłki w pokonanie Nadala w Rolandzie Garrosie. To stało się jego głównym celem i w pełni się na tym skupił, a ja, jako trener, musiałem poszukać na to sposobu. Novak musiał zmienić swoją grę, bo Rafael na mączce jest potężnym rywalem - wyjaśnił szkoleniowiec.

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Słowacki trener opowiedział, nad czym pracował ze swoim podopiecznym. - Rafael używa rotacji, by zwalniać grę. Novak, rywalizując z nim, miał problemy z przyspieszaniem i narzucaniem swojego rytmu. Po dokładnej analizie doszliśmy do wniosku, że jedynym sposobem na poradzenie sobie z Nadalem jest agresywne uderzanie z bekhendu, wczesne atakowanie piłki, wchodzenie w kort i skracanie wymian.

Praca dała efekt, bo w 2015 roku Djoković pokonał Nadala w ćwierćfinale Rolanda Garrosa. Paradoksalnie wówczas nie wygrał całego turnieju, bo w finale przegrał ze Stanem Wawrinką. - Pamiętam, że pokonanie Nadala było wielką ulgą. Wtedy wydawało się, że Novak weźmie wszystko. Może radość po tym zwycięstwie spowodowała, że zbyt mocno skoncentrował się na finale, bo po wyeliminowaniu Nadala i Murraya czuł presję bycia faworytem. Novak nie wykorzystał wtedy wielu szans. Stan nie zagrał źle i zasłużył na zwycięstwo - wspominał Vajda.


Upragniony triumf w Rolandzie Garrosie Djoković wywalczył rok później. - Porażka ze Stanem to jeden z najbardziej gorzkich momentów w karierze Novaka. Był po niej sfrustrowany, bo zwycięstwo w Rolandzie Garrosie było jego wielkim celem. To okazja, która już mogła się nie powtórzyć, na szczęście w następnym sezonie wygrał ten turniej - powiedział Słowak.

Według Any Ivanović wielkoszlemowy rekord Rogera Federera jest zagrożony. "Novak Djoković może pobić jego osiągnięcie"

Stefanos Tsitsipas przeciwnikiem możliwości powrotu tenisa w sierpniu. "Nie należy myśleć o pieniądzach"

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Coaching Wawrinka & Murray: Vallverdu's Wild Ride

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Venezuelan leads fundraising efforts to help coaches during COVID-19 pandemic
As some players begin to resume their training, coaches are starting to return as well. Daniel Vallverdu has been working in Monaco with Stan Wawrinka for the past two weeks and believes the Swiss can continue to build on his solid form at the start of 2020 when action resumes on the ATP Tour.

“We were on a good path before the pandemic hit. He was finding his way again after injury and getting his game back in some of the biggest events,” Vallverdu said on the latest ATP Tennis Radio podcast. “We had good momentum going from last year and a good off-season… The most important thing is that he’s feeling fit and [has] no injuries. I hope we can have a good couple of months of practice now.

“He’s coming towards the late stage of his career and quite a tough surgery [in 2017], so the main thing when we’re training and scheduling is how everything will benefit or hurt his body. We’re looking at how he can peak physically when he steps on court at events and obviously how much time you give the body to recover. We spoke about scheduling a lot in December because Stan needs a lot of balls to gain confidence and needs matches, but we also need time for him to rest.”


The 34-year-old Venezuelan’s resume would make it easy for any player to heed his advice. Vallverdu was part of the team that helped guide Andy Murray to two Grand Slam titles (2012 Wimbledon, 2013 US Open) and a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. He also brought Tomas Berdych to his career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 4 in 2015 and steered Grigor Dimitrov to the title at the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals. But while his credentials speak for themselves, he attributed good fortune to getting his initial break.

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“I was offered a great job with Andy when I was 23 years old. He was No. 2 in the rankings and it worked quite well from the beginning, so that was the luckiest part of my life,” Vallverdu said. “He was winning tournaments and a contender for the big tournaments from the moment I started working with him, so it put my name out there a lot. Obviously I did something right when I started working with other players after that.”

Vallverdu is now leading the effort to raise funds for fellow coaches who have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He teamed up with other members of the ATP Coach Programme, in collaboration with ATP, to enable fans to bid on a series of exclusive fan experiences through online fundraising platform Givergy.

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These include private coaching sessions with Paul Annacone, Boris Becker, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert, Goran Ivanisevic, Ivan Lendl, Ivan Ljubicic, Carlos Moya, Patrick Mouratoglou and Marian Vajda. The experiences will be held on site at Grand Slam and ATP Tour events worldwide and include a combination of behind-the-scenes access, match tickets and premium hospitality. Fans can also enter drawings for exclusive merchandise and signed player memorabilia, with a percentage of the funds raised going to COVID-19 relief efforts.

“I’m just trying to help as much as I can by putting this auction together,” Vallverdu said. “We’re offering some pretty amazing experiences with some of the coaches. It’s difficult to find that kind of access.”

For more information on available experiences and merchandise or to donate to the initiative, please visit the Givergy website.

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Tenis. Specjalista przygotowania fizycznego o restrykcjach US Open: Niektóre środki są zbyt rygorystyczne

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- Niektóre środki są zbyt rygorystyczne i nieco ekstremalne - powiedział Duglas Cordero, trener przygotowania fizycznego Dominika Thiema, o punktach protokołu sanitarnego, pod jakim ma zostać rozegrany US Open 2020.
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USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
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Tenis. Dominic Thiem i Alexander Zverev mają zastrzeżenia do protokołu sanitarnego US Open. Mogą nie zagrać w turnieju
Spośród wszystkich zasad protokołu sanitarnego, jaki Amerykańska Federacja Tenisa (USTA) chce zastosować, by przeprowadzić US Open, największy sprzeciw u tenisistów wzbudza zapis, że będą mogli zabrać na turniej tylko jedną osobę ze sztabu szkoleniowego. Czołowi gracze świata: Novak Djoković, Dominic Thiem czy Roberto Bautista bardzo głośno oponują i nie wyobrażają sobie, że będą musieli wybierać - przyjechać do Nowego Jorku z trenerem czy z fizjoterapeutą?
Krytycznie do tego obostrzenia odnosi się również Duglas Cordero - trener od przygotowania fizycznego, były współpracownik Fabio Fogniniego i Franceski Schiavone, obecnie pracujący z Thiemem i Amandą Anisimova.



- Niektóre środki są zbyt rygorystyczne i nieco ekstremalne - mówił Cordero w wywiadzie dla portalu puntodebreak.com. - Dziś zawodowi tenisiści mają szerokie sztaby, a każda osoba jest ważna, zwłaszcza podczas turnieju wielkoszlemowego. Zespół gracza ponosi dużą odpowiedzialność za to, jaki będzie jego wynik sportowy.

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Kubańczyk podkreślił, że tenis na przestrzeni lat stał się sportem coraz mocniej wymagającym fizycznie. - Teraz mecze tenisowe są bardziej intensywne fizycznie i psychicznie. Aby być w czołówce, musisz sobie z tym radzić oraz pod presją podejmować najlepsze decyzje techniczno-taktyczne.
Zapytany, czy jego zdaniem US Open 2020 powinien się odbyć, Cordero odpowiedział: - Rozwiązaniem jest przetestowanie wszystkich, włącznie z członkami sztabów graczy, pod kątem koronawirusa. Jeśli każdy będzie miał negatywny wynik, uniknie się spekulacji oraz strachu i tenisiści będą mogli bez problemu grać. ATP dużo o tym myśli, ale bardziej skupia się na problemie niż na poszukaniu rozwiązania.

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Bid On VIP Annacone Lesson To Support Coaches In Need

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Annacone and other coaches offering experiences to support colleagues
Paul Annacone, who climbed as high as No. 12 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, has worked with a wide variety of players during his coaching career, from former World No. 1s Pete Sampras and Roger Federer to British legend Tim Henman, rising American Taylor Fritz and WTA star Sloane Stephens. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting members of the ATP Coach Programme whose ability to work has been impacted by the virus, Annacone is giving back.
The American is one of 10 legendary coaches offering an exclusive fan experience in a special auction, which will benefit coaches in need and a global COVID-19 relief fund. Stan Wawrinka’s coach, Daniel Vallverdu, approached Annacone with the idea. Other coaches involved include former World No. 1s Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl and Carlos Moya.
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“Dani just told me what he was trying to do, which was great, and really a very worthwhile cause,” Annacone said. “We’re just trying to help out a lot of the coaches who haven’t had any work, who are just kind of setting out [on their career]. I said, 'Sure, that’s great.’”
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The experience Annacone is offering will be at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open. The winning bidder and a guest will enjoy a two-hour lesson with Annacone. They will also get two premium tickets for both the men’s and women’s singles finals, as well as exclusive access to VIP hospitality at the tournament.
Annacone is more than happy to contribute to help his colleagues.
“We’re all in kind of our own brotherhood and sisterhood, being people who guide young players toward their career goals. We’re all in the same boat together,” Annacone said. “I think it’s important to try to appreciate your own situation and help the others who aren’t in a situation as good as you when you can, because we’re all trying to do the same thing. These are my peers and a lot of them I know very well. They’re a terrific group of people, so it’ll be good to be able to help, at least a little bit.”
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The highest bid for Annacone’s package so far is $5,000. The deadline is 29 June, and he hopes to raise as much money as possible to support those in need.
“I think people forget it’s an individual sport, but those individuals need coaches. There are a lot of individual coaches who are out there who are independent contractors that have been really struggling. A lot of them are family men and women who are trying to take care of their families and they haven’t been able to do it,” Annacone said. “It’s really important to be able to help our family members out; our family being our tennis community family, and this is one way where we can participate.”
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Fans can also enter one of several prize draws to support this cause. Prizes up for grabs include tickets to the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals and autographed racquets from Stan Wawrinka, Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov. Learn More

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Tenis. Menedżer Dominika Thiema krytykuje Novaka Djokovicia. "To on jako jedyny powinien przeprosić"

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Herwig Straka, który w ostatnim czasie dba o interesy Dominika Thiema, uważa, że to Novak Djoković ponosi odpowiedzialność za wydarzenia z Adria Tour. Podczas cyklu kilku tenisistów zakaziło się koronawirusem SARS-CoV-2.
Rafał Smoliński
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27 Czerwca 2020, 14:23
Dominic Thiem i Novak Djoković podczas Adria Tour w Belgradzie
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Drugi tytuł Dominika Thiema w dobie pandemii COVID-19. Wygrał Generali Austria Pro Series
- Okej, inni brali w tym udział, ale to on stał za tym. Pierwotnie, ze względu na szczytny cel, to charytatywny charakter tej inicjatywy był w centrum zainteresowania. Jednak wszystko poszło w niewłaściwym kierunku i stało się publicznym show. Należy za to winić Djokovicia - powiedział Herwig Straka w rozmowie z wiedeńską gazetą "Der Standard".
Podczas Adria Tour wpuszczono na trybuny zbyt wielu kibiców, którzy nie stosowali się do zasad dystansu społecznego. Zły przykład dali tenisiści, uczestnicząc w różnych imprezach towarzyszących i bawiąc się razem z fanami. Świat obiegły zdjęcia i filmy nakręcone w jednym z klubów w Belgradzie.


- Każdy wie, że to było głupie. Jedyną osobą, która powinna za to przeprosić, jest Djoković, ponieważ to on wszystko zorganizował - dodał menedżer Dominika Thiema, który pełni również funkcję dyrektora halowego turnieju ATP Tour 500 w Wiedniu.

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Straka wyznał również, w jakich okolicznościach jego podopieczny poleciał do Belgradu. - Z góry nalegałem, aby uzyskać jasne dyrektywy w sprawie COVID-19. Mówiło się, że maksymalnie 1000 widzów może być na trybunach, zagwarantowano dystans społeczny. Dopiero wówczas zgodziłem się na przyjazd Dominika. To było dwa dni przed turniejem. Nie trzymali się tego, co było dla mnie denerwujące.

Thiem wygrał zawody w Belgradzie, po czym wrócił do kraju. Trzeci tenisista świata rozpoczął również rywalizację w pokazowych zawodach w Nicei, a następnie zwyciężył w turnieju Generali Austria Pro Series. W ostatnich dniach dotarły do niego informacje, że zakażeni koronawirusem zostali m.in. Novak Djoković i jego żona Jelena oraz Grigor Dimitrow, Borna Corić i Viktor Troicki. Thiem odniósł się do tych wydarzeń w oświadczeniu, przyznając, że zachowanie było błędem.

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Bidding On Fan Experiences With ATP Coaches Ends Monday

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Experiences include private coaching sessions with legendary ATP coaches

Editor's Note: This story was originally published on 8 June. Bidding on these packages ends on 29 June 2020.

Members of the ATP Coach Programme in collaboration with ATP have launched a series of exclusive fan experiences in support of coaches affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The initiative, hosted on fundraising platform Givergy, gives tennis fans the opportunity to bid for once-in-a-lifetime experiences through auctions and prize draws. Experiences include private coaching sessions with legendary ATP coaches including Paul Annacone, Boris Becker, Darren Cahill, Brad Gilbert, Goran Ivanisevic, Ivan Lendl, Ivan Ljubicic, Carlos Moya, Patrick Mouratoglou and Marian Vajda. Sessions will take place onsite at 2021 ATP Tour and Grand Slam events and include a combination of match tickets, premium hospitality and unique behind-the-scenes access. Exclusive merchandise will also be made available on the platform.

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The initial three-week bidding window will take place from 8-29 June 2020, with future rounds and experiences to be announced. Funds raised will be allocated by the ATP Coaches Committee to support the members of the ATP Coach Programme, whose ability to work has been impacted by the ongoing pandemic. In addition, a part of proceeds will be donated to a global COVID-19 relief fund.

“It is great to see coaches and tournaments offer some truly incredible and unique experiences to our fans,” said Andrea Gaudenzi, ATP Chairman. “The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the ability of many people to work and coaches are no exception. The fact this initiative also helps fellow members of the tennis family during this uncertain time shows the unity and innovative spirit of tennis.”

“Coaches play a huge role in our sport and we wanted to do something creative to support the wider coaching community. I am proud so many tennis icons and tournaments are getting behind this,” said Dani Vallverdu, ATP Coach. “I am really excited for fans to enjoy these unique tennis experiences and hopefully leave with some unforgettable memories.”

For more information on available experiences and merchandise or to donate to the initiative please visit the Givergy website.

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Tenis. Carlos Moya o kalendarzu Rafaela Nadala: Będziemy musieli na chłodno to przeanalizować

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Carlos Moya, trener Rafaela Nadala, mówił o kalendarzu turniejów. Szkoleniowiec podkreślił, że nie jest pewne, iż jego podopieczny zagra we wszystkich największych imprezach zaplanowanych po restarcie.

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Tenis. Andy Murray zadowolony z powrotu na kort. "To był pozytywny tydzień"
Po wznowieniu rozgrywek czołowych tenisistów świata czeka bardzo intensywny czas. od 22 sierpnia w ciągu siedmiu tygodni zostaną rozegrane dwa turnieje wielkoszlemowe (US Open i Roland Garros) oraz trzy rangi ATP Masters 1000 (Nowy Jork, Madryt i Rzym).
W aż trzech tych imprezach (US Open, Roland Garros i Rzym) Rafael Nadal będzie bronił tytułu. Jednak nie jest pewne, że Hiszpan zdecyduje się na takie wyzwanie. Kilkanaście dni temu zasugerował to Toni Nadal, wujek i były trener tenisisty, teraz potwierdził obecny szkoleniowiec, Carlos Moya.

- Faktem jest, że w bardzo krótkim czasie zostanie rozegranych pięć bardzo ważnych turniejów. Ale nie rozmawialiśmy jeszcze z Rafą o dokładnym kalendarzu jego startów - mówił Moya, cytowany przez "Mundo Deportivo".

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- Rafa nie ma już 20 lat, a sytuacja nie jest taka sama, jak wcześniej. Mam przekonanie, że Rafa pomyśli, że jest w stanie zagrać we wszystkich turniejach i pewnie może tak być, ale będziemy musieli na chłodno to przeanalizować i dobrze zaplanować - podkreślił hiszpański trener.

- Najważniejszy jest dobry stan fizyczny i psychiczny Rafy - dodał Moya.

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Tenis. Ceniony trener o Novaku Djokoviciu i Adria Tour: Pasja przesłoniła mu naukę, a efekt był katastrofalny

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Paul Annacone uważa, że Novak Djoković padł ofiarą własnych chęci, organizując Adria Tour bez zasad dystansu społecznego. - To była dobra sprawa, ukierunkowana właściwymi powodami, ale efekt końcowy okazał się katastrofalny - mówił ceniony trener.
Marcin Motyka
Marcin Motyka
03 Lipca 2020, 11:15
Novak Djoković cieszy się z wygranej wraz z kibicami
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Tenis. Dobre wieści z Belgradu. Novak Djoković i jego żona Jelena pokonali koronawirusa
Adria Tour został przedwcześnie zakończony po tym, jak u Novaka Djokovicia, Grigora Dimitrowa, Borny Coricia i Viktora Troickiego zdiagnozowano zakażenie koronawirusem. W mediach i ze strony osób ze środowiska tenisa krytyka spadła na Djokovicia, inicjatora cyklu, bo turnieje serii zostały przeprowadzone z nieposzanowaniem zasad reżimu sanitarnego i dystansu społecznego.
Do medialnej burzy, jaką wywołały wydarzenia z Adria Tour, odniósł się Paul Annacone. Ceniony trener, w przeszłości współpracujący z Rogerem Federerem czy Pete'em Samprasem, uważa, że Serb i zarządzający cyklem padli ofiarami własnych chęci oraz lekkomyślności.



- Myślę, że wiele osób z jego grupy rówieśniczej drapie się teraz po głowach - mówił Annacone, cytowany przez "Sports Illustrated". - Jego pasja zrobienia czegoś dobrego przesłoniła mu wszystkie informacje i całą naukę. To była dobra sprawa, ukierunkowana właściwymi powodami, ale efekt końcowy okazał się katastrofalny.

Amerykanin, podobnie jak Todd Woodbridge, sądzi, że afera z Adria Tour może zachwiać pozycją Djokovicia, który jest prezydentem Rady Zawodników ATP. Obawia się też, iż negatywnie wpłynie na plany powrotu rozgrywek głównego cyklu.

- Każde działanie ma swoje konsekwencje. W Radzie jest dziesięciu członków i wszyscy teraz powinni się nad tym zastanowić. W tej chwili na całym świecie mamy 500 tenisistów będących na krawędzi brzytwy i mających nadzieję, że za osiem tygodni będą mogli grać - powiedział Annacone.

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