Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh - This is Dominic Thiem's new coach
After his separation from Nicolas Massu , Dominic Thiem is now trying Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh as head coach. The 43-year-old has already collected some merits in professional tennis.
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last edit: Apr 08, 2023, 10:44 pm
It can be assumed that Dominic Thiem did not get Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh as a coach on the usual terms. What do they look like? This can be read down to the last cent on the website of the T2B Academy in Wiesbaden, which is run by Ebrahimzadeh and Christian Tarau as head coaches. The now 43-year-old tennis coach and former professional gained experience in this function a few years ago. Namely at the Schüttler Waske Tennis University in Offenbach.
However, Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh became really familiar to tennis fans as Angelique Kerber's supervisor. A collaboration that lasted until 2015. After that, the German-Iranian worked in the environment of Patrick Mouratoglou. And also accompanied Alizé Cornet on the WTA tour. Ebrahimzadeh is also known to TV viewers as a competent expert at Eurosport.
Ebrahimzadeh follows Massu as Thiem coach
And now the task is called Dominic Thiem. The Austrian has shown his old class from time to time this season, but that wasn't enough to win more than two times in a row. Coach changes during a tennis season are rather rare, but the case of Thiem and Nicolas Massu in particular should give reason for hope: Because just a few weeks after the Chilean Olympic champion in singles and doubles became Dominic Thiem's head coach, he in Indian Wells 2019 won his first and so far only ATP Masters 1000 tournament.
Expecting something similar in Monte Carlo would of course be presumptuous. The opening task against Richard Gasquet will be difficult enough for Thiem, in the event of a win, Thiem would meet Holger Rune. But who knows: maybe a new input from the box will inspire the 2020 US Open champion.
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