Rotterdam 500
Medvedev calls it quits with Simon as coach
Unpredictable Daniil Medvedev has pulled the plug on his coaching relationship with former French player Gilles Simon, leaving longtime Gilles Cervara as his main mentor.
Medvedev was ambushed in the Australian Open second round by teenaged neophyte Learner Tien, a loss in which Medvedev destroyed an expensive on-net TV camera with his racquet and copped a fine in the multi-thousands of dollars.
The Monaco-based player will stick with longtime coach Cervara, who has worked with him since 2017. Simon came on board a year ago but made little impression on the Medvedev game.
The ATP No. 7 will wipe his 2025 slate clean and start from nil at this week’s Rotterdam 500 event after sacking Simon.
“There were a lot of good things me and Gilles (Cervara) can take going forward,’ Medvedev said. .
“It (the Simon period) just didn’t work out exactly the way we wanted in terms of results.” We didn’t win any titles, Slams or anything like this.
”We remain with good feelings, but we’re not working together anymore,” the winner of 20 career titles and a former Rotterdam champion said.