JustMy2Cents
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Gilles Simon joins Daniil’s team
New ball girl as well
New ball girl as well
Meddy adds to his team :}
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will simon will help medvedev with the aesthetics of his game, or the other way around? 
welcome2petrkordaland
Professional
Simon is not who Medvedev needs unless he’s suddenly an expert on attacking tennis, which is what Medvedev lacks and needs to incorporate more imho, esp. as the 6’ 6” Russian gets into his late 20s & 30s. It’s like, “Hmmm… which types of players, gamestyles, tennis histories, etc. should I avoid?”
A. Stefan Edberg
B. Mischa Zverev
C. Sergiy Stakhovsky
D. Gilles Simon
A. Stefan Edberg
B. Mischa Zverev
C. Sergiy Stakhovsky
D. Gilles Simon
Dominic & Andrey
Legend
I love this, allez Gillou !!
Beacon Hill
Hall of Fame
Simon was a high IQ longtime professional. As a coach, why would he only be capable of helping a player implement strategies that he often implemented himself as a player? Certainly he is capable of assessing any player's skillset and helping them determine what they need to do to become more successful.
3loudboys
G.O.A.T.
Daniil is already pretty accomplished attacking when he wants to … it’s making that choice that is most difficult for him. AO final he bosses Jannik for the first two sets with some aggressive ground and net play. Surprised most with it.
welcome2petrkordaland
Professional
Yeah, I was very happy to see Medvedev’s tactics in the first two sets in the AO final, which was before he likely ran out of gas a bit. Full credit to Medvedev there and no, I would not view Sinner’s comeback as a choke by the Russian. How many 5-setters did he play again? this reinforces my point about Medvedev learning to incorporate attaching tennis more frequently as a supplement to his grinding, attritional natural style. Whether Simon as a coach can help him remains to be seen; however, as a player, Simon is an example of how failed tactics —overly passive, hardly aggressive enough, etc.—led to an underachieving career imho.
welcome2petrkordaland
Professional
One would hope that Simon could help Medvedev implement tactics that he himself (whether or not he was as high IQ as you say)
failed to as a player. My reasoning to oppose hiring Simón is pretty simple. Simon failed tactically to find the balance to maximize his talents imo, which were considerable. Sure, he beat Rafa & Federer once iirc and had Djoko 2 sets to love once and lost….relying on memory here. Overall, though, Simon had the Monfils, Murray tendency of being too passive, not aggressive enough, something that Medvedev cannot continue to do if he wants to thrive. Just saying Simón is example of failed tactics imo.
Beacon Hill
Hall of Fame
Monfils, Murray and Med are bigger and stronger and their lack of aggressive play has hurt them. When you're smaller and you redline, on average you make more errors than you can overcome with points won from being aggressive. Maybe Simon played just right to have a successful, consistent career. He was never going to win a major.
Bender
G.O.A.T.
Will make Djokovic hit 120 UEs in their next AO meeting and still lose the matchwill simon will help medvedev with the aesthetics of his game, or the other way around?
Rovesciarete
Hall of Fame
One can know how to win without being able to do it. Frankly only so few can execute tennis at the highest level. Simon might be able to give him new input and stimuli.
A mad lad with intelligent aggression should extent his career and win more…
A mad lad with intelligent aggression should extent his career and win more…
Fabresque
Legend
Not a big fan. It’s like Djokovic hiring Agassi who was pretty much just the previous gen’s Djokovic, a baseliner with a GOAT level return. What could he possibly learn?
Djokovic ramped up his game in the later years by hiring Ivanisevic to improve his serve and overall aggression.
Medvedev just hired another ball-machine. What can Simon offer Medvedev that he doesn’t already have?
Djokovic ramped up his game in the later years by hiring Ivanisevic to improve his serve and overall aggression.
Medvedev just hired another ball-machine. What can Simon offer Medvedev that he doesn’t already have?
Beacon Hill
Hall of Fame
Professional tennis players understand the game beyond their own personal playing styles.
Simon literally wrote a book which delved into the psychology of tennis, and playing to your own strengths as a player to make the most of your skills rather than being aggressive or defensive because that is what Federer or Alcaraz or whoever is doing, each player is different, not a machine is his ethos - Gillou isn't interested in trying to make Meddy play more like him, he's very into the mental side of tennis.
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