The next weed tour will bring us the third chapter of Andy Murray e Ivan Lendl teaming up. After two brilliant periods, where they won several Grand Slams, Olympic medals and even touched number 1 in the world, it is likely that this is one of the last experiments of the British as a professional, a dance where he wanted to hold on to the person who opened a new horizon in the history books of our sport.
A man who has already begun to study possible solutions for the next grass tour. For now, the Czech was present at the Miami Open to see his pupil lose in the second round against Daniil Medvedev, a meeting from which he surely drew several conclusions. In an interview given to Daily Mailthe coach tells some details of his relationship with Murray, in addition to confessing the faith he has in him in order to achieve great results again.
The magic duo returns
“Andy contacted me and told me one thing very clearly: ‘Look Ivan, I don’t know how long I have left to be here, so I want to meet with the people who know what I have to do and how I can get it.’ What he told me made a lot of sense, so we talked about it and decided that we would try it one more time.”
His last match against Medvedev
“It may sound stupid, but I didn’t really know what to expect from that game, the truth is that I was pleasantly surprised. I think Andy played a very good game, I think everything was much more even than the score finally indicated, there were many games that were decided after a 30-30 or similar situation. The exchanges were good, I think that having served a little better would have helped him to take another step”.
Racing with a metal hip
“Obviously, this is something incredible, since no person has achieved it before, but maybe this will be part of the new normal that we see in the future. Medicine is a wonderful thing because of things like this, clearly we have come a long way in these aspects. Look at what Rafa (Nadal) achieved at the Australian Open, all these guys have spectacular determination, they are like bulldogs who fight every day to achieve things that no one has done before”.
Focus put on the grass tour
“If you put your mind to it, you can achieve amazing things. Rafa confessed that he wasn’t even sure he could play again before Australia, so I have no doubt these guys can do it. He would say that grass is probably the surface that suits Andy best, and at the same time it’s the worst surface for a lot of the players on tour. This fact would immediately increase your chances.”
matter of mentalizing
“Andy has always been in a good place, he quickly understood that in a context like this, where you have some of the best players in tennis history in front of you, you can’t waste time getting frustrated because that will end up destroying you. He’s still very good, but you can’t lose focus or start worrying about others, that won’t help you.”
