“I don’t see how it can help me,” Daniil Medvedev expresses his reluctance with slight hesitation on off-court coaching
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ATP started the off-court coaching trial on July 11 and so far players have come forward with their opinions. World number 1 Daniil Medvedev who is performing incredibly well at the Cincinnati Masters claims that he is not totally against the new rule. Medvedev will be playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters on Sunday. Tsitsipas has previously faced immense backlash himself for getting off-court coaching.
Daniil Medvedev defeated Taylor Fritz to secure a place in the Cincinnati semi-finals. Both of these players have expressed different opinions on these new coaching regulations. Taylor Fritz has called it “a dumb rule” claiming that it steals away the essence of tennis which requires a player to make decisions on his own. Fritz’s opinion got a lot of support from fans who are not in favor of this decision.
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World number 1 seed Medvedev believes this decision won’t affect his game. He said, “It doesn’t change anything for us. Maybe it can work in a match, even if we work so that we talk about everything in training, not to talk about it afterward. We study what I can do best, what tactics to develop and how to hit the ball.”
“During the game, I don’t see how it can help me. In a match with five sets, the coach can tell you to change your position in return or to look for his backhand more, but that’s changing the rules of the game. There I face Fritz, we have never played against each other, but he knows how I play and I know how he plays, so I don’t think being coached can change the game. But I agree with this decision, it’s not as if I was against either,” he further added.
ATP started this trial last month and is planning to run it during the US Open till the ATP Finals in Turin. While players like Serena Williams have gone through intense drama when it comes to off-court coaching (2018 US Open Finals), only time will tell how this rule will affect players when they are playing grueling matches.
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