Roche Declines Offer To Coach Federer Photo By Fred Mullane By Tennis Week 12/20/2004 Roger Federer believes he has finally found his coach, but Tony Roche isn't interested in the full-time post. The top-ranked Federer is so enamored of the Australian coaching legend, he has reportedly offered to set up a training base in Australia, but Roche politely rejected the lucrative coaching offer because he doesn't want to travel full time. "Tony said no," Federer told Leo Schlink of The Herald Sun. Roche and Federer worked together in United Arab Emirates in October, according to The Herald Sun, and Federer was apparently so pleased with the training sessions he made Roche a generous offer and was willing to train part-time in Australia, but Roche respectfully declined. The pair may work together while Federer is in Sydney this week, according to The Herald Sun report. The 59-year-old Roche, who previously coached Ivan Lendl and Patrick Rafter to Grand Slam titles and the No. 1 ranking, is one of the world's most highly-respected coaches. Shortly before his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Lendl praised Roche as a key component to his championship success in an interview with Tennis Week. Federer has apparently been trying to coax Roche into accepting the coaching post for nearly a year, but Roche, who reportedly suffers from chronic arthritic hip pain, is not interested in traveling full time. Instead, Roche, who has also worked with Jelena Dokic and the Australian and New Zealand Davis Cup teams, is interested in staying close to home and helping develop young Australian prospects. Coaching Federer presents a unique challenge to any coach: the four-time Grand Slam champion is one of the most gifted players of the Open era with a work ethic and desire to excel that matches his prodigious talent, but any coach who takes the job will be judged against Federer's monumental 2004 season in which he posted a 74-6 record, captured 11 tournament titles without losing a final and swept three of the four majors with triumphs at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open — all while playing without a coach. Federer, who successfully defending his Tennis Masters Cup crown, did not lose a match to a top 10 opponent, scoring 23 consecutive victories over top 10 foes. There was speculation Federer — whose former coach, Australian Peter Carter, tragically died in a car crash at the age of 37 in August of 2002 — was interested in another Aussie, Darren Cahill, who coached Lleyton Hewitt to the No. 1 ranking and currently coaches Andre Agassi. But Cahill, who said he is committed to coaching Agassi as long as the eight-time Grand Slam champion plans to continue playing, downplayed reports he would coach Federer as speculative based on his friendship with Carter. "Certainly with Andre wanting to go through 2005 and beyond that as well, he's got no plans of retiring anytime soon which I think is good news for the tennis community because we still need people like Andre playing the game. The thing with Roger, a lot of it is because the press have put two and two together," Cahill told the Australian Channel Seven tennis program Slam. "They know that Peter Carter was a great friend of mine and Peter was really responsible for the upbringing of Roger from about 11 or 12 years of age. He coached Roger all the way through. So when Peter passed away and then obviously Roger Federer decided to go coachless this past year, a lot of the media put two and two together." -- 哇哇....找不到教练@@ -- ██◤◢███◣◥◤ ◢█◣ ◥██◤◢█ ◤◢███ █ ◤◢█ ◤◢█ Ｂy ██ ██ ████ █ ◢████◣◥◤ ██ ████ ◤◢ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██◤◥ ◤ ██◤ ██ ◢██ █ █◤ ◢◣◥ ██ ◢█◤◢█Ｏneal ██ ███◣ ██ ◢█◤ █◤ ██ █◢██◤◢◣◥██◤ ◥████ █◤◢██◤◥◤ ◥██◤◢ █ ◢██ ██◤ ◢◥◤◢██◣◢◣ ◥███ █ █◤ ◢◣ ◢◣ ◥██◤◢ ◥███◤◢◥███◤◢ █◤ ◥█◤ ◢███ --

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