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Caught! Successful coach Thomas Tuchel (49) also seems to be enthusiastic about sports outside of football. What also fascinates him: tennis!

The former coach of top English club Chelsea is currently in Melbourne. There, Tuchel visits the Australian Open.

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The 49-year-old followed Stefanos Tsitsipas’ semi-final triumph against Russian Karen Chatschanov 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 4, 6: 7 (6: 8), 6: 3 in the Rod Laver Arena on Friday . The Greek is in the final of the Australian Open. There he meets either the top favorite Novak Djokovic (Serbia) or the American Tommy Paul.

Tuchel was already in the arena on Thursday, watching the women’s semi-final game between Kazakh Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina and Viktoria Asarenka from Belarus.

“It was a great match,” said Tuchel to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” as he left the stadium. He also revealed that he was a big tennis fan: “This is my fourth Grand Slam, I’ve been to all four tournaments now.”

According to his own statement, Tuchel has attended the four largest and most important tennis tournaments: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

At the moment, Tuchel has time for big tennis. Because: The success coach is currently without a club. The former Bundesliga coach (Borussia Dortmund, Mainz 05) was surprisingly kicked out at Chelsea in September. Previously, he won the Champions League title with the “Blues”. However, this triumph did not protect him from dismissal.

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Most recently, there was speculation in England about a possible Premier League comeback for Tuchel. According to “The Evening Standard”, he is one of the candidates for the successor to Tottenham coach Antonio Conte (53), who could take a break after the season for personal reasons. According to the report, Tuchel is “open” to coaching Spurs.

Until then, however, he still has plenty of time for great tennis

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