The Frenchman Lucas Pouille beats the Canadians Milos Raonic and is sensational in the semi-final of the Australian Open. There he meets the co-favourites, Novak Djokovic. For his biggest success so far at a Grand Slam tournament Pouille is making his trainer responsible – the Ex-Grand Slam champion Amélie Mauresmo.
For all tennis players men, from a defeat in the next trip, ready to Frenchman Lucas Pouille advice: Take a woman as a trainer! Since Pouille, 24, is working with the Frenchwoman Amélie Mauresmo, it steeply upward.
Five times in a row Pouille had failed at the Australian Open in the first round. Lost the beginning of this year, at the Hopman Cup in Perth, all three of the Matches, he then cashed at the tournament in Sydney the next first-round defeat. Now, two weeks later, he stands in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, the most important tournament in the southern hemisphere, and he knows whom he has to thank for that. “It gives me confidence on the court, but also as a personality,” he said of Mauresmo: “Since we are concentrating on improving my game and not on placements, I feel liberated.”
last year, the French Davis Cup player was plunged into a crisis of meaning: He missed the Fun of the Sport and the Training in the world rankings, he dropped from Position ten to number 31. Perhaps, he conjectured, now in Melbourne, was the consequence if you shoehorned as a young person, 16 years of balls over the net. “It is difficult to improve, if you do not want.” In November, he separated Planque his Trainer Emmanuel and announced the cooperation with the former world-class player, Amelie Mauresmo, 39, had already been supporting the British Andy Murray. That such a choice, worry is still in the headlines, Pouille ridiculous: “men exercise women, why not Vice versa? It is not a question of whether someone is a man or a woman, but with expertise and empathy,” he said. Mauresmo, the Wimbledon champion and Australian Open champion from 2006, was a great coach: “And you is a Champion.”
On the way to the semi-final of the Lucas Pouille. on Wednesday the canadian Milos Raonic, after 3:02 hours 7:6 (4), 6:3, 6:7 (2), 6:4 defeated; those Raonic, transported in the last round of the ATP world champion Alexander Zverev in Hamburg from the tournament On Friday, the Frenchman must was well with the world ranking list Novak Djokovic, which had far less trouble on the court and his day after just 51 minutes to finish. “This is exactly what the doctor ordered for me,” he joked. His opponent, composed of the Japanese Kai Nishikori in the tournament at Position eight, had to give up because of pain in the thigh when the score was 1:6 and 1:4. Pouille has in any case promised to put no pressure on, if he’s facing the six-times winner. He finds: anyone can beat Anyone. (Editorial Tamedia)
Created: 25.01.2019, 07:47 PM
