Marin Cilic tries it with ex-coach of Goran Ivanisevic
Building up for the time after Corona: This was done by Marin Cilic , US Open Champion of 2014, who has secured the services of Vedran Martic, ex-coach of Goran Ivanisevic.
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last edit: Mar 20, 2020, 06:21 pm
Training opportunities for tennis professionals may vary in severity worldwide, in Germany and Austria the halls and, if at all possible, open spaces are closed. For example, in the tennis base in Oberhaching in the south of Munich, where training for Philipp Kohlschreiber and Co. was discontinued on Tuesday. Rafael Nadal, in turn, has closed his academy to visitors - some players, coaches and employees are still in the academy in Manacor, where self-isolation is also the order of the day.
How Marin Cilic is doing this at home in Croatia is not known. The 2014 US Open winner, however, has already set the course for the future and brought in a coach, Vedran Martic, who led Goran Ivanisevic to the Wimbledon title in 2001. The Ivanisevic who coached Cilic in his greatest success at the National Tennis Center in New York. Almost six years ago, Cilic had defeated Roger Federer in the semi-finals and two days later in the US Open final Kei Nishikori.
Cilic scores two points against India
Most recently, Marin Cilic quickly ensured that Croatia would still have a place in the Davis Cup final tournament in Madrid in 2020. The veteran contributed two points to his team's 3-1 win over India, beating Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan.
Now Cilic is at home with Mrs. Kristina and son Baldo. And make the best of the circumstances. "It is the perfect time for me to be with my family," said Cilic in an interview with the Croatian website gol.hr. "I will definitely be up more often overnight, which will make Kristina's life easier. Of course, I'm worried about Baldo because he's still very small. I even avoid going to the gym where there are larger crowds. Maybe I'll train more outdoors. "
Guesswork in the NBA
Marin Cilic also shows that the small, although extremely successful Croatian sports family is closely networked. "I talked to the NBA guys. They told me that the situation is unique and everything is under alarm. They don't know what will happen, whether they can stay there or come home. So we are still waiting for what will happen, but the most important thing is: we are healthy and we have the situation under control. ”