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The Swiss Roger Federer was welcomed by several hundred people on the premises of the Estoril Open, in the National Stadium, shortly after the 16 hours. The leader of the world ranking distributed some smiles but followed instantly to the Court Central, where he is training.
With the young Portuguese Joao Sousa as a partner of training, Federer is already accompanied by Spanish Jose Higueras, who debut as a new technical of the Swiss tennis player, the great star of 19. Th edition of the Estoril Open and tennis of the day.
It should be noted that Higueras is a former tennis player who joined the Top-10 world in the years 80, having played then, in 1983, the Open de Portugal, expelling the now national selector, Peter Lamb, in the first round. From his hands already passed, among others, Jim Courier, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, Carlos Moya, Sergi Bruguera and Guillermo Coria.
After about half an hour of trading of ball with John Sousa - who was promoted just before the great surprise of qualifying in dismissing the Russian Golubev (2. º head-of-series - it came on the scene other Portuguese, Rui Machado, who has thus also an opportunity to work with Roger Federer.
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 16:50
Rogiからまだ正式なアナウンスはありませんが、記事によると、ジム・クーリエやマイケル・チャン、サンプラス、ブルゲラ、モヤ、コリア等をコーチした経験のあるスペイン人の元プレーヤーでプロのコーチ、 Jose Higueras氏と一緒に今年のクレーの大会を回るもよう。。
彼自身、'82年'83年と全仏でベスト4の経験があり(lost to ビランデル、lost to ビラス)、コーチとしても'92年クーリエを全仏優勝に導いたこと、上記のようにクレーを得意とする複数の選手たちをコーチした経験があることなどから、一緒に組んだのと思われます。
そのJose Higueras氏のコメントもrf.comで英訳されて載っていました。
-- What is the reason for your return?
-- I have the gusanillo train again. I would like to find someone of a high level, which makes me hope and help to improve.
-- For Federer it is free!
-- That I would teach little, you do not need to help much. Federer does it all well. It is a complete tennis player. I love his playing. It is the best of our times, but with more force. It is a genius.
-- What is his problem on clay?
-- I think it's Nadal. It is the only one who beats him. Sometimes I think that Federer is wrong to want to imitate the game of the specialists of clay. He has quality to win on clay using his usual style.
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http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... a&ie=UTF-8これが本当なら、やっぱしクレーを知り尽くしたスペシャリストがRogiの傍にいるということは、Rogiにとって支えになると思うのですごく良い決断だと思います。