The void was quickly filled. After six years of working together, it was undoubtedly not easy for Simona Halep to stop her collaboration with her emblematic Australian coach Darren Cahill, to whom she also paid a vibrant tribute. But a week after the announcement, the 29-year-old Romanian, who fell back to 15th place in the world, has already found a replacement for her. This is his compatriot Adrian Marcu, who had already trained in 2013. The latter will form from the WTA 1000 of Indian Wells (October 6-17) a duet with Daniel Dobre in the player’s clan.
“I expect her to replay as well as she can very quickly. I want her to win as many matches as possible so that she quickly finds the top in the standings. The idea, basically, is to play really well in big tournaments.“Marcu told Romanian media Hotnews.ro. This season, Halep came out of the Top 10 for the first time since January 2014, notably because of a calf injury which deprived her of three months of competition including Roland -Garros and Wimbledon.
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“I would like to see her play a little more aggressively, because she is a fast player and she can finish the points faster than she has been doing lately. I am really convinced that she can impose her game on others, and not just block them“, Marcu analyzed.
In California, Halep will therefore test this new game plan. The Romanian then plans to align with the WTA 500 in Moscow (18-24 October) and the WTA in Cluj-Napova (Transylvania Open, 25- October 31) in his country, owes a busy schedule to relaunch in the coming weeks.
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