Marcelo Ríos has achieved great things in the world of tennis, he raised very important tournaments and reached the No. Ranking ATP in 1998. Currently, the Chilean is the coach of one of the greatest promises in world tennis, the Chinese Juncheng Shang. Marcelo Rios He recently gave an interview to La Tercera, in which he spoke about the current situation with the very young Chinese promise.
How did they start?
Marcelo Ríos told in the interview with the Third that they started together at the end of July, the Chilean is currently in negotiation with Juncheng Shang’s agents. Meanwhile, Ríos is working for the Chinese for free, they only have to pay for his trips.
The test to continue with Shang
The former World No. 1 says that before making a decision he wanted to travel to four Challengers and be able to see the behavior of the young Chinese promise.
Changes in your tennis
The Chilean did not want to make any big changes during these first few days so as not to confuse Juncheng Shang, one of them was in hitting the right. Ríos wants the Chinese to start hitting his forehand with more spin so that the ball can bounce more, like Nadal’s.
More professionalism
Ríos confessed in La Tercera that he preferred his pupil to make more of an effort in training, “I prefer 30 minutes of intensity to 4 hours of a low rhythm, you have to prepare for the matches“.
About his kindness and learning ability
According to Marcelo Rios, Juncheng Shang he is too good, “too educated by his culture”. He sometimes wishes she was meaner and said “sorry” with less guilt. The Chilean would like him to sometimes throw his rivals to the body. In the interview, Chino Ríos confessed to having hit him in the chest with a ball while training so that he would see that nothing was happening, it was part of the game.
Nobody had made such an impression on him
The Chilean has also confessed that no player had ever impressed him so much on a tennis court, Ríos spoke in La Tercera about his similarities with the Chinese: “he resembles me in the way he is, sometimes he reminds me a lot of me” . To close, Ríos spoke about the capacity for understanding that his pupil has, he was ranked 350th in the ATP without ever having had a full-time coach.
Marcelo Rios is facing a tall challenge, to take one of the most important young promises in the world of tennis to the top. For this they will have to overcome many obstacles, something that has always been a motivation for Chino.
