Tennis Johan Van Herck is already since 2011, the captain of the Belgian tennismannen, but now it is also the Fed Cup team under his wing. This weekend, the wait for the coach it’s the first test, with the arrival from France to the courts of Liège in the first round (quarter-finals). “The process is the same,” says Van Herck at a press conference. “Everything is in a good preparation.”
Van Herck is just back from Brazil, where he mannenteam handsome the qualification afdwong for the knockout phase will be organized from the Davis Cup later this year.
“But I quickly got the button turned over,” said the Belgian T1. “After our arrival Monday night, we have immediately the work is included, because with this team and staff, we start from zero. We all have the same ambition and that is the duel win. The way of working at the women does not differ very much from our approach, the mannenploeg. A good preparation is the key. We have already much discussed with the staff of the players. I am someone who is positive is emphasized and I encourage my players a lot. That is no different now that I have the Fed Cup team to train.”
“I predict a balanced fight,” says Van Herck. “There will be plenty of quality on the pitch, with teams that have proven to be there to stand in the Fed Cup. They come with their strongest team, but we also. I can not say anything else than that, the question will not understand it.”