Men’s Tennis: Ivan Lendl Offers to Help Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic Cruises

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Published: March 28, 2011

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Several pieces of tennis news struck the minds of the fans today. The press intimation of Ivan Lendl that he would consider seriously lending some coaching aid to Andy Murray and the continued, fearsome progress of Novak Djokovic, as he clocked his 20th-straight win this season.

There were, however, other equally eyebrow-raising results—not least of which was probably Juan Martin Del Potro's 6-3, 6-2 victory over Robin Soderling. It was a match that promised much and in fact, probably did serve quite what it was supposed to serve, in that it just utterly legitimised the comeback of the Argentine.

Much had been made of the Delpo's return to the tour, and everyone knew that the big splash wouldn't really be made before he earned a big win. Soderling, however, was the big win, and to beat someone with such an unbeatable serve and the loss of only five games—rather an embarrassing scoreline on the Swede's part—is quite noteworthy, whatever the humidity in Miami.

Juan Martin Del Potro has certainly returned.

Something of a slightly more tangential nature was Lendl's interesting offer of coaching help to Andy Murray, just days after the Scot's third-straight defeat, at a third-straight tournament.

Surely, Murray has been struggling, but beyond the fact that he is coachless for the moment (which might actually explain some of his nonchalance on court nowadays), how would the former Czech turned American fit into the picture?

Well, for one thing, he is a great example of a tennis champion whose achievements have generally outshone his disappointments—with whose example Murray might well be able to relate to.

Lendl lost his first four Grand Slam finals and was close to losing a fifth straight (against McEnroe in 1984 at the French), before he got over everything and decided to really go for it.

Little is made of Lendl's career nowadays, but it was...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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