While seeing the Swiss Maestro Roger Federer, a lot of things come to mind. And the first is why a tennis legend even requires a coach in a sport that he is already great at. His coach Ivan Ljubicic has a sorted and clear response that is the perfect answer to this floating question. After having trouble with injuries, the 20-time Grand Slam champion ended his protracted tennis career last year. And the Swiss Maestro has won three great Slam titles, including two at the 2017 and 2018 Australian Open since the tennis star teamed up with the Croatian trainer in 2016.
Roger Federer’s coach talks about how it feels coaching the Swiss master.
It was back in September last year when the Swiss Maestro hung up his racket after playing his last Doubles match at the Laver Cup. The former tennis player, in a conversation with Eurosport, talked about training one of the perfect tennis aces who are actually known by the sports around the world.
What did Federer's coach say?
He said, “He always said ‘I don’t want to hear from you what you think I want to hear – I want to hear what you really think; I want to hear the truth’. He repeated that multiple times, really making sure that we as coaches – or at least me as a coach – really felt free and comfortable. It was always that.”
He had more to add.
He further talked about how practicing with the former world number one was almost every time perfect. But whenever some practices went ridiculous, the tennis coach used to hype him up that he is quite good.
When Federer’s coach appreciated the tennis legend.
The Croatian tennis player played against the Swiss maestro before becoming his coach. The 20-time Grand Slam champion was described as being open to learning new things and experimenting with variations. Additionally, he noted how Federer was fully cognizant of his strong character and charisma but never allowed these to interfere with his desire to learn more.