Daniil Medvedev - No Entourage? No problem!
While some top players travel the tennis circuit with a large entourage, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev usually only rely on their coach as a companion.
by tennisnet.com
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Feb 24, 2023, 07:49 am
Alexander Zverev and his boxing crew would have provided a very decent starting five in a basketball match on Wednesday in Doha: Zverev himself knows it. where the basket is. With Sergi Bruguera, Tobias Kamke and Sergey Bubka jr. there were three former tennis professionals in Zverev's camp, and Hugo Gravil also gives the impression that he can handle a basketball well.
A few minutes after Zverev, Daniil Medvedev came to the center court in Doha. And delivered the opposite program, so to speak: Because only coach Gil Cervara was in the box of the Russian. As in the last few weeks. Since Medvedev's wife Daria gave birth to their first child together, Cervara has been the solo supervisor. The same applies to Andrey Rublev, who exceptionally had his girlfriend with him at the Australian Open, but is now traveling exclusively with Fernando Vicente again. In Doha, like Medvedev, with success so far, even if Rublev only made it through against Tallon Griekspoor with great effort.
Djokovic is always on the go with a large entourage
It is particularly interesting to see that Medvedev and Rublev seem to have managed without their own physiotherapist for years. Somewhat surprising for players with these possibilities - just think of the large team that Novak Djokovic constantly takes with him on trips. And it's not just the sporting and tactical flank that's covered by Goran Ivanisevic.
But there are many ways to get there. And if you consider that of industry leader Djokovic to be the right one, that doesn't mean that you are financially able to build such a competent team.
However, it can become problematic in small groups if the situation escalates like it did in HalleWestfalen last year. Daniil Medvedev abused his coach so eloquently that the coach said goodbye to Hubert Hurkacz in the middle of the semi-finals in the catacombs.