Let's talk about some slightly older news today - the reports that negotiations are apparently on between my man the Fed and Darren 'Killer' Cahill to set up some kind of coaching arrangement.
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And I have to say that my reaction is wholeheartedly positive. I'm not one of those people who has been all "man, Roger, get a coach, you'll never achieve anything until you do!" though I think I have expressed the occasional wish that he get some advice. I don't think there's anything wrong with the job he's doing on himself. He's clearly a very bright man, he probably has the greatest tennis mind on court (if you look at the Australian Open, you'll notice that Rafa beat him with insane winners that not a single other soul could ever have touched, not by outsmarting him) and if that isn't enough, his girlfriend Mirka has a few ideas of what to do with a tennis racquet.
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And then he has Severin Luthi travelling with him just about full time... though one must imagine Severin is a bit annoyed with him right now, what with the whole Davis Cup incident... anyway, in short, the Fed's current arrangement is pretty sweet.
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So why do I think hiring Killer Cahill is a good idea? Simply because it can never, ever hurt to have fresh blood and fresh ideas, and Killer's got to be one of the top guys out there. He's worked with a whole lot of champions, and he's done a great job with them. Look at what he did with a ridiculously young and inexperienced Aussie Davis Cup team in Chile last year - pushed them to a 3-2 result when by all rights they should have been beaten 5-0. So if Roger makes the announcement that he's hired Darren sometime in the near future, I'll be smiling.
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And if he doesn't? Well, I'll still be smiling.
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Today's Results
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Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships (Dubai)
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Novak Djokovic def. Flavio Cipolla, 6-3 6-2
Gilles Simon def. Mohammed Ghareeb, 5-7 6-4 6-4
Richard Gasquet def. Marat Safin, 6-3 5-7 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Michael Lammer, 6-1 6-1
Julien Benneteau def. Jurgen Melzer, 1-6 6-3 6-3
Simone Bolelli def. Viktor Troicki, 6-3 6-4
Jan Hernych def. Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6 6-1 6-4
Igor Andreev def. Rik de Voest, 6-4 6-0
Arnaud Clement def. Rainer Schuettler, 1-6 6-3 6-3
Dmitry Tursunov def. Andreas Seppi, 6-1 6-4
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Abierto Mexicano Telcel (Acapulco)
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Men's Draw
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Albert Montanes def. Bruno Echagaray, 6-1 6-4
Thomaz Bellucci def. Nicolas Devilder, 3-6 6-4 6-4
Leonardo Mayer def. Diego Junqueira, 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
Potito Starace def. Oscar Hernandez, 6-4 6-2
Daniel Gimeno-Traver def. Nicolas Lapentti, 6-4 5-7 6-3
Juan Ignacio Chela def. Pablo Cuevas, 2-6 6-3 6-2
Martin Vassallo Arguello def. Ivan Navarro, 6-3 5-7 7-6 (7-3)
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Women's Draw
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Iveta Benesova def. Olga Savchuk, 6-2 6-0
Roberta Vinci def. Lucie Safarova, 6-4 6-4
Tathiana Garbin def. Jill Craybas, 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 6-3
Petra Cekovska def. Lourdes DomÃnguez Lino, 6-2 6-2
Pauline Parmentier def. Melissa Torres Sandoval, 6-2 6-3
Klara Zakopalova def. Emilie Loit, 4-6 6-4 7-5
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Delray Beach International Tennis Championships (Delray Beach)
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Dudi Sela def. Philipp Petzschner, 6-3 4-1 retired
Gilles Muller def. Ryan Sweeting, 7-6 (7-5) 6-2
Vince Spadea def. Denis Gremelmayr, 2-6 7-5 6-1
Sam Querrey def. Guillermo Canas, 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Florent Serra def. Jarkko Nieminen, 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Stefan Koubek def. Bobby Reynolds, 6-4 6-3
Christophe Rochus def. Roko Karanusic, 6-3 6-4
Robert Kendrick def. Paul Capdeville, 4-6 6-2 6-1
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PS. Just a reminder to check out my other blog, The Black Valentine's Day Manifesto, if you are so inclined. It's growing pretty fast and it's a whole lot of fun - even if it has nothing to with tennis!
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