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Godwin Named 2017 Coach Of The Year

Neville Godwin, Kevin Anderson’s coach for four years, has been chosen by his peers as the winner of Coach of the Year in the 2017 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. The award, which was introduced in 2016, honours the coach who helped guide their player to a higher level of performance during the season. Visit ATP World Tour Awards Section “I’m honoured to receive this award, especially since it was voted for by only my fellow coaches,” Godwin said in an acceptance speech shown Thursday night at the Nitto ATP Finals Official Launch on Thursday evening at the Tower of London. “There were so many amazing stories on the tour this year, and I’m privileged to...

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Gunter Bresnik: Planning A Practice Session

If there were a tennis tee-shirt proclaiming ‘Been There, Done That’, Gunter Bresnik would surely wear it. Having spent three decades working as a coach, the Austrian has trained close to 30 players – including a nine-month stint with Boris Becker – in the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings. As coach to Dominic Thiem for the past 11 years, Bresnik talks to ATPWorldTour.com about the keys to planning a practice session in the first of a new Coaches' Corner series. What are the main differences between planning the structure of a practice session before a tournament or during a tournament? Mainly, the practice sessions are before or after a match. Before a match you oversee a warm-up, ensure...

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