He is one of those players that no one wants to find in the box. It has a lot of potential. He can be a formidable foe when the serve goes with him, especially on fast surfaces. On grass it’s a real nightmare. He showed it again this season, when he made the final in Halle, only to lose to the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Bad luck struck him at Wimbledon, where he was the last player to lose Roger Federer. A nasty fall led to a critical knee injury that slowed his progress. He was seventh in the world at the time, until he had to retire against the Frenchman Arthur Fils.
They finished the campaign in 16th place, after 40 game wins and 19 losses. He won one title, before the accident, on the clay of Estoril.
He wants to return to the world top-10 next season. In August he decided to part ways with his coach of the last five years, the American Craig Boynton.
He has taken the time to rebuild a technical team that will be one of the most watched in the coming campaign. Double signing in Pole Hubert Hurkacz to boost his career, at 27 years old.
‘Hubi’ has been working since preseason with the Czech-American Ivan Lendl, one of the great players in the history of this sport and linked as a ‘coach’ to the Scot’s best year. Andy Murrayand the Chilean Nicolas Massuwho lived through the Austrian boom Dominic Thiemwith whom he decided to break up in the spring of 2023, when the tennis player was already struggling with a wrist injury that led to an early retirement.
Hurkacz announced the new season by posing with both coaches in Boca Raton (USA). Excellent companion, a surprising double signing, of many carats.
Source: La Verdad
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