There’s so much potential in France, with so many young people playing good tennis.WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: A general view outside Court No.1 at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Apin London, England. It’s kind of the same feeling that I have. In a way, that’s also how I started with Roger (Federer), who hadn’t won Grand Slam titles for four years. “It’s a bit like Real Madrid not having won anything in a long time. That feeling has maybe been lost over the last 10 to 15 years in France. I’m going to try to make the young guys realise that they can really do it, that they can be ambitious, that they can have high goals. “I feel that there are many areas where I can help with my approach to the game, my mentality. The Croatian also gave an interview to the newspaper L’Equipe on Tuesday in which he explains that he still does not understand why the French players continue to struggle despite the FFT resources they draw upon – creating an “interesting challenge” for him to grapple with. France has a very rich and promising pool of talent and I am putting my experience to work in this new challenge with total commitment and a strong desire to share the values that forge champions,” Ljubicic was quoted as saying in the FFT press release. “I am very happy to join the French Tennis Federation, one of the federations in the world that devotes the most resources to developing the potential of its young people. From a base in Monaco, Ljubicic will begin with a three-month tour of French tennis to get his own idea of the areas in which it is most important to make some changes. Ljubicic will work alongside Nicolas Escudé, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Pauline Parmentier to observe the over-14s talent pathway. Gilles Moretton, 2021 – © FFT Ljubicic will have three months of observation as a first step

“His approach to tennis, focused on performance at every moment and down to the smallest detail, is driven by the winning culture that we want to instill in our French hopefuls – all this without ever turning away from the essential human values that the Federation shares,” explained the FFT president. Gilles Moretton and his team hope Ljubicic will bring his experience and winning mindset to the FFT. The Croatian has been appointed director of ‘Ambition 2024’, a new project that is intended to focus on Paris’s forthcoming Olympic Games.Īccording to the press release. The FFT are hoping that Ivan Ljubicic, the former world No 3 and ex-coach of Roger Federer, can help them transform their set-up and culture.

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