The factors that pushed Christian Garin to change coach for the fourteenth time

Trust the process (trust the process). This famous phrase, patented by the Philadelphia Sixers to boost their sports renaissance in the NBA in the middle of the last decade, is a maxim that Christian Garin has made his own in recent years, in order to explain his own journey in tennis. However, in light of the facts and from the point of view of her constant coaching changes, she ends up being somewhat contradictory. Today, he is again in a delicate situation: he has left his coach and is currently ranked 82nd in the world rankings, his worst ranking since February 2019.

The exhaustion of the relationship and the lack of conviction of the former of the 17 of the planet to continue the project, despite the difficulties, triggered the end of the relationship. “ I felt like the relationship was worn down by the intensity of daily life and I preferred to choose another path,” Vendrell told the site. Seventh game. This and the complicated position in the rankings caused concern for the 26-year-old tennis player, who eventually lost his patience. Precisely, he did not trust the process, despite the efforts of the Hispanic to keep him alive, even yielding to some adjustments.

The decision to withdraw Pepe Vendrell surprised the tennis scene. The famous Spanish coach faced Christian Garin at a difficult moment in his career, perhaps the most complex, with a terrible crisis of confidence that began in mid-2021 and who beat Franco Davin, Jorge Aguilar and Mariano Puerta , in addition to personal problems that did not allow him to perform as expected. In this scenario, the Hispanic took over at the end of March.

“Me, as long as Christian is happy to have me by his side, to death. And the day he decides to do without it or to change, it is accepted without further delay. Obviously, what I’m going to try is that our relationship builds something solid and can be maintained over time. That’s my goal, I have no intention of proving anything. What I want is for my player to feel good, safe and to feel that his needs are covered, that’s the main thing,” explained the coach to Jock last April, when asked if he was concerned that his pupil had 13 technicians ahead of him.

One of the functions of the man of Castellón at that time was to order the life of Garin in all its aspects. From food to rest times. In the background, even the smallest detail has been left without being overlooked. And so Garin raised his level and in his second tournament, the ATP in Houston, he reached the semi-finals for the first time after a year. Then, with ups and downs on the European tour, he matched his best performance in a Masters 1000 when he reached the quarter-finals in Rome, the same stage he reached in unprecedented fashion at Wimbledon.

For this time of year, Gago felt good. He even thanked Marcos Acosta, known as auto-coach who works a technique based on personal evolution centered on consciousness, whose orientation is anthroposophy, and its foundation is in the awakening of the individual self through intellectual and practical processes , according to its own definition. The professional started working with the national player last year.

However, the now number two Chilean found himself extremely frustrated after his successful appearance at Wimbledon as he did not add points for the rankings due to the ATP’s decision not to award points after Britain’s veto. to Russian and Belarusian tennis players for participation. .of these countries during the invasion of Ukraine. If the national tennis player had added up the units to reach the round of the best eight of the All England, he would today be 55 in the world.

“Imagine, making quarters at a Grand Slam and then having to play qualities of Master 1000. At Roland Garros I made the third round and they deducted points from 2019 and 2020. I think I lost 1000 points. Later the tournaments changed dates, such as Hamburg. I had to defend 100 points in a week that I couldn’t even remember,” Garin said in an interview with Tennis on clay. And he did not stop there, since he fired against the organization: “Those of the ATP have a giant tangle. I’m not interested in the standings anymore with everything that’s happened and unfortunately they didn’t favor me.”

This bleak outlook and some differing visions of how the process should proceed prompted Garin to decide to return to the United States and start over. For now, with the help of former doubles player Julio Peralta, who has accompanied him in recent weeks. Big Julius’ name is fifteenth on the list, making up names like Martín Rodríguez, Guillermo Pérez Roldán, Diego Junqueira, Javier Duarte, Fernando González, Jorge Aguilar, Horacio Matta, Joan Bosch, Tomeu Salva, Toni Nadal and other names of more sporadic participation such as Leonard Olguin and Nicolas Lapentti.

Of course, these changes also translate into other aspects, such as Agents. In one year, he had three different representatives: Spaniard David Tosas, from Octagon; Italian Ugo Colombini and now American Chris McCormack, from GSE the same company that today guides the career of Joaquín Niemann.

Christian Garin’s most immediate challenge is the Davis Cup. This Tuesday he was nominated by Nicolás Massú for the series against Peru in Lima and his presence is still unknown, as it will depend on the evolution of his left wrist.