Week 12-13- ATP 1000 - Miami (Hard)

philwrig · Hall of fame

RE: Week 12-13- ATP 1000 - Miami (Hard)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

It seems a bit odd to part with Corretja just before the clay season. It could be the need to clear the way for a full-time coach, even if not Lendl?

Armchair · County player

philwrig wrote:
Why is everyone saying Vallverdu is his coach, when clearly he is just a hitting partner.

I think it was reported in The Telegraph some other papers and various sports sites.

Looks like it may be more like misreported in the above.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Phil: I posted this relevant section from an article by Neil Harman in last Friday's Times on page 3 of this thread:

Murray takes friendly option in bid for glory

Andy Murray is ready to hand more of the responsibility for his development into a potential grand-slam champion to someone whose career highlights were a best ranking of N° 727 and a handful of Davis Cup ties for his native Venezuela.

It was Daniel "Dani" Vallverdu's fortune to have been training at the same Sánchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona when Murray arrived there to work his socks off in his mid-teens.

The pair struck up a friendship that has endured to the extent that Vallverdu, 25, is going to be spending a lot more time on the road with the world N° 5. Murray does not actually say that the South American will be his coach, but, as the Scot prepared for the Sony Ericsson Open, which started this week in Key Biscayne, Florida - in which he plays Alex Bogomolov Jr, an American qualifier, in his first match today - it was clear that Vallverdu is the first man he will turn to.

"It's more important to have a constant figure who is there all the time," Murray said yesterday. "I don't necessarily want someone with me for 40 weeks a year. But when I go to the tournaments, Dani is going to be there a lot of the time, so I'll have someone there that's done all the training and been there [with me] every week.

It won't be like one week, then two weeks when I don't see anyone, then another week chopping and changing. From Canada [in August] to the end of last year, the only tournament Dani didn't come to was Valencia. At the start of the year he was in Australia and the I didn't see him for five weeks and that might have been a mistake on my part. It's important to have a bit more continuity because otherwise, the dynamic changes quite a lot."

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Given the direct quotes, I'd say that it more than lent credence to the claims that Vallverdu was going to be his new permanent coach, but the implications are rather at odds with the conclusions now being drawn from the news that he's now dispensed with Corretja's services! Now thoroughly confuse !

indiana · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
It seems a bit odd to part with Corretja just before the clay season. It could be the need to clear the way for a full-time coach, even if not Lendl?

It was during the clay season last year, basically in Rome after a bit of a horror show in Monte Carlo, that Andy really seemed to start to turn last year round.

Between his Monte Carlo and Rome appearances I seem to remember he did intensive work with Corretja.

Wait to see how the clay season goes this time....

philwrig · Hall of fame

Stircrazy wrote:
Phil: I posted this relevant section from an article by Neil Harman in last Friday's Times on page 3 of this thread:
Murray takes friendly option in bid for glory
Andy Murray is ready to hand more of the responsibility for his development into a potential grand-slam champion to someone whose career highlights were a best ranking of N° 727 and a handful of Davis Cup ties for his native Venezuela.
It was Daniel "Dani" Vallverdu's fortune to have been training at the same Sánchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona when Murray arrived there to work his socks off in his mid-teens.
The pair struck up a friendship that has endured to the extent that Vallverdu, 25, is going to be spending a lot more time on the road with the world N° 5. Murray does not actually say that the South American will be his coach, but, as the Scot prepared for the Sony Ericsson Open, which started this week in Key Biscayne, Florida - in which he plays Alex Bogomolov Jr, an American qualifier, in his first match today - it was clear that Vallverdu is the first man he will turn to.
"It's more important to have a constant figure who is there all the time," Murray said yesterday. "I don't necessarily want someone with me for 40 weeks a year. But when I go to the tournaments, Dani is going to be there a lot of the time, so I'll have someone there that's done all the training and been there [with me] every week.
It won't be like one week, then two weeks when I don't see anyone, then another week chopping and changing. From Canada [in August] to the end of last year, the only tournament Dani didn't come to was Valencia. At the start of the year he was in Australia and the I didn't see him for five weeks and that might have been a mistake on my part. It's important to have a bit more continuity because otherwise, the dynamic changes quite a lot."
[...]

Given the direct quotes, I'd say that it more than lent credence to the claims that Vallverdu was going to be his new permanent coach, but the implications are rather at odds with the conclusions now being drawn from the news that he's now dispensed with Corretja's services! Now thoroughly !

To me that could mean, that he just wants him there to talk about tennis stuff, not sure that necessarily means he's acting as a typical coach though. It will become clearer I suppose whether when he does finally appoint a permanent coach what happens to Dani. Does he get the push or does he stay as a hitting partner. Very strange.

indiana · Tennis legend

Re Andy's next coach. ladbrokes are quoting a fairly wide open field with Darren Cahill, Bob Brett and Tony Roche 7 / 1 joint favourites :

http://ladbrokesaffiliates.blogspot.com/2011/03/you-cannot-be-serious-mcenroe-91-to-be.html

Darren Cahill - 7/1
Bob Brett - 7/1
Tony Roche - 7/1
John McEnroe - 9/1
Boris Becker - 9/1
Larry Stefanki - 9/1
Mats Wilander - 10/1
Ivan Lendl - 14/1
Brad Gilbert - 14/1
Andre Agassi - 14/1
Peter Lundgren - 14/1
Greg Rusedski - 14/1
Paul Annacone - 16/1
Jimmy Connors - 20/1
Miles Maclagan - 20/1
Jeremy Bates - 25/1

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Fancy setting up a poll? I'd be interested to see who came out as favourite on this forum.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Would the poll be for who it will be, or for who we would prefer it to be, though. I would have two different answers to those questions!

Well, to be honest, I would have an answer for who I would prefer, the other would probably be a "haven't a clue".

indiana · Tennis legend

I certainly haven't the remotest clue as to who it will be, and won't be surprised if it is none of the above.

Salmon · Tennis legend

Only the usual suspects are there in that odds list and like Indy said, I won't be surprised if it's someone not from there. In fact I think it'll be someone quite left-field.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

I was thinking of a poll for the person we would like it to be, just to see who we think would be a good match for Andy. I also feel it could be someone not on that list as he could have appointed one of them before now unless that person has made themself more available recently.

I hear it's been offered to Barry Cowan already wink