Bjorn Fratangelo admits it’s true that he felt “uncomfortable” with the concept of teaching Madison Keys however in the end accepted the position after his spouse satisfied him to take action.
As you most likely know very nicely, the American WTA star is off to her greatest begin to a season after successful back-to-back titles on the Adelaide Worldwide and the Australian Open.
After she turned a Grand Slam champion on the age of 29 in Melbourne, one of many issues that many introduced up was the truth that he was being coached by an ATP participant and her husband Fratangelo for the previous yr and a half.
A few days later, Keys was requested about it throughout her look on Good Morning America.
And she or he funnily make clear how that occurred, revealing that her husband wasn’t actually comfy with being her coach however she “forced” him to take action.
Fratangelo opens as much as Andy Roddick about teaching Keys
“I was still having a lot of pain, so I didn’t really want to hit too much. All of sudden, I was behind her and I was like this feels weird. ‘I don’t like telling you what to do, I’m uncomfortable,” the previous world No. 99 advised the 2003 US Open champion on the Served with Andy Roddick.
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“It was similar to her with a few junior boys that have been there after which me sort of simply feeding them in.
“Then it slowly turned into her being like, ‘I need help. I need serious help and please help me’ and I was like, okay.
“Once I grappled with the fact that ‘okay, now I actually have to tell her what to do,’ it became a little easier for me because it’s coming from her.
“I may sense that there was lots of doubt and lots of simply anxiousness in the direction of how she was taking part in by that interval.”
Additionally, Fratangelo famous that it wasn’t a conventional coach/participant partnership as a result of they have been residing collectively and it wasn’t like they wanted to get to know one another with a view to work higher.
In the meantime, the American ATP participant is not formally retired however he hasn’t performed since 2023 August.
Contemplating how he has been doing in his position as Keys’ coach, all the possibilities are that he’ll proceed along with his present position.
