Marin Cilic and Roger Federer - training under palm trees
It is well known that Marin Cilic and Roger Federer trained a couple of times during a vacation in the Maldives. Now the Croatian has revealed a few details in the Players' Tribune .
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Dec 23, 2018, 09:19 pm
The Players' Tribune is actually considered the mouthpiece for American athletes. The platform was launched by former baseball star Derek Jeter in 2014, and the grandstand was used for everything - from announcing club changes to boring vacation reports.
Marin Cilic delivered just the same. Which, however, was not that simple. Rather, Cilic reports of relaxed days at the end of 2017 that suddenly got a touch of work due to the presence of a second world-class player. In addition to the Croatian, Roger Federer had also selected the Maldives as a holiday destination. And expressed desire to hit the balls.
Marin Cilic's wife has her own athletic demands
The problem, however: Marin Cilic's wife actually chose the vacation as a personal training camp for herself, according to the transcript of her present spouse (wedding in April 2018), Kristina takes her tennis very, very seriously.
In any case, she was not very pleased to receive the request from the Swiss. "Kristina said: 'What's going on here? This is my off-season, I have to train this week. This is my time This may be a vacation for you guys, but training means a lot to me, ”wrote Cilic.
A few weeks later against Federer in the Melbourne final
What was needed was a compromise that Marin Cilic made in his familiar, calm manner: first the sessions with Federer, then those with his fiancee. Peace of mind was preserved, but the practice sessions with Roger Federer were also unforgettable.
“These training sessions in the Maldives were simply incredible - surrounded by palm trees, but also by bats. We also had real coconuts that we drank during the breaks. ”
As is well known, there was no harm in sports: A few weeks after the unplanned vacation together, Marin Cilic and Roger Federer faced each other in the final of the Australian Open.