Gilles Simon Has Joined Daniil Medvedev’s Teaching Crew

Daniil Medvedev has added former World No.6 and 14-time ATP titlist Gilles Simon to his teaching crew. In information first reported by Tennis Majors, Medvedev’s present coach Gilles Cervara says that Simon’s function has no particular title, however shall be important.

“Gilles Simon’s title doesn’t matter,” Cervara advised Tennis Majors. “What will count is the quality of our work, the harmony of our contributions, and the results. That’s what’s important.”

Medvedev and Simon shall be collectively subsequent week in Dubai and have tentative plans for Simon to take a few of the journey burden off Cervara’s shoulders this spring, particularly at Madrid and this 12 months’s Paris Masters.

“He is an addition to the team,” Medvedev advised Tennis Majors. “He goes to assist us transfer ahead, assist us win titles, and assist me turn out to be a greater participant.”

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Medvedev stresses that Cervara, who has labored with Medvedev since 2017, will nonetheless be the principle man in his crew.

“We [will] see how it goes. So far it has been going good. Hopefully it is for a very long time but that depends on a lot of factors. We will see how much time he spends. For sure Gilles Cervara will be more time with me than Gilles Simon. That is how it works because that is how it was. We will see what the future brings as to how many weeks he will be with us.”

Most vital, Medvedev appears ahead to having the Frenchman in his ear in the case of making refined enhancements to his sport on totally different surfaces and as an attacking participant.

During his profession Simon’s fame as an mental, tactically tuned in participant has by no means been in query. He has all the time been seen as an clever tactician and a participant who has finished “more with less.”

“My expectations are that Gilles Simon is a very smart player that can help me improve my game – especially hoping to improve parts of my game that are maybe not the best. So far it’s been going good.”