The national tennis player ended his relationship with the prestigious Spanish coach, with whom he had started working in March and with whom he had experienced a rebound of his level, reaching the quarter-finals of a grand slam.
The working relationship between Christian Garin and Pepe Vendrell lasted less than six months the prestigious Spanish coach who made Roberto Bautista Agut known and with whom the Chilean began a new process in March after trying with Jorge Aguilar in the last months of last year and the first months of the current one.
Asked by Jock the strategist confirms the news. “The information is correct” he points out, apologizing for not having commented on the situation before, “out of respect for the times Cris asked me” . He also adds: “We’re only halfway there, unfortunately.”
Meanwhile, the one born in Arica reported in an Instagram story the end of his relationship with the man from Castellón. “Hi there. I wanted to inform you that I stopped working with Pepe Vendrell. Pepe has been a great help during this year, in a very difficult moment, and I will always be grateful to him. He is a very good professional and an even better person. I wish him the best of success for what is to come,” he wrote.
The national tennis player had already put the alert after being eliminated in the second round of the US Open when Clay Tennis had consulted him on his future with the coach. “I don’t know. It depends on a lot of things” Garin admitted after losing in four sets to Australian Álex de Miñaur.
“We will meet and talk. I have to analyze. I also have an appointment with the doctor next week to see how the doll is doing. This week, I did everything to play and obviously I don’t like being like that. I want to know how the doll has evolved and I will see my next steps to follow,” he commented.
“No. It was a tough year, a lot of things happened. I improved even though the rankings don’t show it. I had my best week of the year without reward points. Now I have to worry about finishing the season with a good feeling. The season was irregular, but I worked hard. I started the year very badly emotionally and I’m still here, fighting.” he added when asked if anything in particular happened that broke his relationship with the Hispanic.
In recent weeks, Julio Peralta had joined Garin’s team. The now former doubles player appears as an option to continue. In reality, Vendrell did not make it to the US Open and it was Big Julius who took his place.
Thus, Christian Garin already adds 14 coaches in 10 years of career where the distribution is wide and includes professionals with different profiles, such as William Pérez Roldán, Martín Rodríguez, Jorge Aguilar, Fernando González, Javier Duarte, Tomeu Salva, Joan Bosch, Andrés Schneiter, Franco Davin and Mariano Puerta, among others.
Initially, The national tennis player appears contemplated for the pay, which will appear this Tuesday morning, for the Davis Cup against Peru, on September 17 and 18. However, his physical and emotional state leaves doubts about his true presence in the series which will be played in Lima.
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