12-03-2009, 09:02 AM
buurs Wrote:Federer terug met nieuwe trainer
INDIAN WELLS - Roger Federer maakt eind deze week in Indian Wells zijn rentree in het tenniscircuit met een nieuwe trainer. De Zwitser heeft een contract gesloten met de 43-jarige Australiër Darren Cahill, de voormalige coach van onder anderen de oud-kampioenen Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) en Andre Agassi (VSt).
Federer speelde en trainde de afgelopen maanden zonder vaste coach. Na de verloren finale tegen de Spanjaard Rafael Nadal, begin vorige maand bij de Australian Open moest de nummer twee van de wereld zes weken rust houden wegens een rugblessure. In Indian Wells wil hij een nieuwe start maken.
Darren Cahill was in zijn geboortestad Adelaide een jeugdvriend van Peter Carter, de eerste trainer van Federer op het hoogste niveau. Carter kwam in 2002 bij een auto-ongeluk in Zuid-Afrika om het leven. Cahill won als tennisprof twee toernooien: in 1988 in Gstaad en in 1991 in San Francisco.
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Federer-Cahill collaboration over before start due to travel issues
Indian Wells, California - Roger Federer and Darren Cahill have gone their separate ways after a trial coaching run in Dubai was scuppered by a potentially killing travel schedule for the Australian. Federer, second seed at the Indian Wells Masters, whose ATP play begins Thursday, revealed that Cahill had withdrawn from the potential all-star arrangement due to the tyranny of travel on the tour.
"We decided not to do it," said the Swiss player Wednesday after a hitting session. Federer said he will continue to work with Swiss Davis Cup skipper Severin Luethi.
"He worked with me 35 weeks last year," said three-time Indian Wells winner Federer. "The final answer is that we are moving on."
Federer flew Las Vegas-based Cahill, former mentor to Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi out to his base in Dubai for a trial run.
Federer said the tennis side went fine. "It was a good time for a test. Darren rang me after the Australian Open. We'd been in contact for the past five years. I had decided to rest my back and not play Dubai and Davis Cup, so it was the perfect time to try.
"We had a good time, it was nice to have someone around. We spoke a lot.
"But Darren said it would be tough for him to do all the travelling due to his kids. It was a test to see how things would go."
Federer, still looking for his first title of 2009, said that he had to make a choice by resting his back instead of playing Davis Cup in Alabama, where Switzerland lost 4-1 to the US at the weekend.
"It was a tough decision," said the 13-time Grand Slam champion. "It had felt bad last last year and maybe I played too much then when I wasn't feeling great.
"It was a choice of playing now with some pain or resting it and being ready for the next six months.
"I always look long-term, so that's what I decided. I may have disappointed some people by not playing Davis Cup, but I knew I needed to treat my back problem."