Can Paul Annacone help Roger Federer regain his top spot?
With the recent news of the appointment of Paul Annacone as the new coach of Swiss professional tennis ace, Roger Federer, everyone is trying to dig out the reason behind this step. It has created a new hype and fans as well as the sports experts are expressing their views since the announcement of Federer’s new coach.
As far as Federer himself is concerned, the reason seems pretty clear. It is high time that Federer should regain his lost form and once again reach the top rankings before it is too late.
In the past, when the former world number one Federer, teamed up with Jose Higueras, it helped him a great deal in not only improving his overall game but also developing an effective drop shot that later on turned out to be his strongest tool in thrashing out his opponents.
Their period together however was not a long one, but Higueras did help the Swiss player a great deal in realizing the importance of drop shot particularly on the clay courts. The big man later on also made good use of his drop shots on other surfaces as well.
Talking about Paul Annacone, the man has previously served as the coach of American tennis legend, Pete Sampras and helped him in grabbing a total of eight more major trophies. The twenty eight years old Federer definitely needs a mental as well as physical booster at the moment prior to the start of the United States Open tournament, next month in the city of New York.
In case, the big man kept on performing poorly in the major tournaments, there is every possibility that his rankings will further drift down in comparison to his current world number three by the ATP.
At the moment, Roger should first aim to win a couple of upcoming matches and improve his rankings in order reach the number two spot. Then he can plan out his strategy for the next season’s major tournaments. At that point, Roger will have nothing to lose except winning some more points.
Currently, Federer has lost his charm without any question. Therefore, another thing that the Swiss tennis ace needs to do is to formulate different strategies against different players apart from reading their overall game plans well before hitting the ball on the court. Paul Annacone will definitely help him in recapturing his form as being an expert of the game of tennis.
The Swiss all through his career has never teamed up with any non professional coaches which can be considered as one of the reasons for his blossoming career.
What Rogers’ looks for in a coach is much more practical in nature. Nevertheless, Federer is fully aware of the inside out of his game more than anyone else.
Therefore, he just needs a person who is aware of the technicalities of the game of tennis; as all that is required at the moment is nothing more than a few technical adjustments in his game.
Paul Annacone is just the right person who knows his job and is also completely aware of the class and capabilities of the Swiss tennis master, Roger Federer.
Experts have criticized Federer of being “obstinate,” however no one has ever said anything about him of being so silly at times. Roger has not hired a coach as he does not need a “typical” coach with him every single week of the season. Paul could be just what the big man needs to stir up his game for one final try at the top spot.
Therefore, let us see whether this new teaming up of Federer and Annacone will work in helping the Swiss tennis master, Roger Federer in winning a major title at the Flushing Meadows this year or will it end up as another failure for the right handed player.
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