A small note in the Sun-Sentinel:
Seventh-ranked Guillermo Coria of Argentina will become the fourth top-10 player to live and train in the United States when he moves to Palm Springs, Calif., next month to begin training with former USTA coach Jose Higueras.
Guillermo Coria's about the last guy who I'd expect to try the U.S. as a training base, but the way his career has been going since he came back from shoulder surgery he's smart to try something new (not that he was ever shy about pulling the trigger on firing one coach and hiring another).
Maybe (hopefully) Jose Higueras can help him get back on track. He certainly knows clay court tennis anyway.
That's kind of odd. Isn't this the same player that got so homesick on the road he married his then girlfriend so she could travel with full-time? Something tells me this american move is gonna be short-lived. Why would he move to America right before the clay court season too? I'm baffled.
Posted by: Shawn | March 26, 2006 at 12:05 PM
It smells of desperation. He's gone to a near-Grand Slam winner to just one of the guys on clay. That's got to be disturbing to him. He can't do any worse than he has been, so it can't hurt to try. But I agree with you - it won't last.
Posted by: lisen | March 26, 2006 at 09:32 PM