Chennai: Stanislas Wawrinka eked out the "biggest
win" of his career when he downed Novak Djokovic in the final of the
2015 French Open and the Swiss champions says staying mentally strong is
always key against the Serbian giant.
Looking back at that final
in which he struck 59 winners, almost twice as many as Djokovic, the
Swiss player still relishes the win.
"For
sure winning Roland Garros was my biggest win. Novak is an unbelievable
player, he has played so strong during the whole year and deserves to
be number 1. Beating him in the final meant a lot to me, it made me very
proud. I played amazing tennis on that day and managed to find a
solution against him," Wawrinka, who will open his 2016 season at
Chennai Open next week, said.
"I've played several tough matches
against Novak in Grand Slams recently. I know that I have my chance if I
play my very best tennis. I've beaten him before and you have to remain
mentally strong when you face him and especially in such an important
match," Wawrinka said.
The Swiss world number four is a two-time defending champion at Chennai Open and he was eyeing a hat-trick of titles.
"I've
always enjoyed coming to Chennai. The tournament is a nice way to start
the season, the fans are great and I like the atmosphere in the
stadium. Of course I would love to defend my title, but I will have to
go match by match," he said.
Talking about his coach Magnus Norman, Wawrinka said, "I really enjoy his vision of the game; the way he communicates.
He's
very natural and he was a great player himself so he knows how it feels
to step on a crowded center court or to be in a Grand Slam final."
"I
saw how he worked with Robin Soderling and had a feeling that he could
be the right coach for me. He's also great working with the other
members of my team like my fitness coach Pierre Paganini or Severin
Luthi, our Davis Cup captain who has been helping me a lot as well."
Reviewing
the year behind, and looking into the start of yet another season on
the tour, Wawrinka said, "I want to continue to do well, win tournaments
and go deep at the Slams.
And hopefully I get a great start into the season in Chennai again."
"I'm
somebody who really likes to work hard. I like to get up early in the
morning and enjoy practising a lot. That helps me a lot, because a
tennis career is very much about working hard and enjoying what you do."
Indian players try out the GPS tracker during a training session. It was introduced by coach Stephen Constantine.
They may still be far off from the world standards, but Indian
football team’s sports scientist Danny Deigan believes the players’
fitness is improving steadily, citing the figures noted during the SAFF
Cup match against Nepal as an example.
Deigan, an Australian sports scientist who joined the national team
this year, said matching the global mark will take time and it will have
to start at the club level.
“The gap between football at the domestic level and the international
level is huge and for us the biggest challenge is to bridge the gap. It
can never be bridged within a span of 10 days. For that, it needs to
begin at the clubs,” Deigan was quoted as saying in an AIFF media
release.
“It’s up to us to guide the players to understand, gauge and do that
extra part to keep themselves going at the level if we are to attain
world standards,” he said.
2Chennai: Stanislas Wawrinka eked out the "biggest
win" of his career when he downed Novak Djokovic in the final of the
2015 French Open and the Swiss champions says staying mentally strong is
always key against the Serbian giant.
Looking back at that final
in which he struck 59 winners, almost twice as many as Djokovic, the
Swiss player still relishes the win.
Stanislas Wawrinka eked out the "biggest
win" of his career when he downed Novak Djokovic in the final of the
2015 French Open and the Swiss champions says staying mentally strong is
always key against the Serbian giant.
"For
sure winning Roland Garros was my biggest win. Novak is an unbelievable
player, he has played so strong during the whole year and deserves to
be number 1. Beating him in the final meant a lot to me, it made me very
proud. I played amazing tennis on that day and managed to find a
solution against him," Wawrinka, who will open his 2016 season at
Chennai Open next week, said.
"I've played several tough matches
against Novak in Grand Slams recently. I know that I have my chance if I
play my very best tennis. I've beaten him before and you have to remain
mentally strong when you face him and especially in such an important
match," Wawrinka said.
The Swiss world number four is a two-time defending champion at Chennai Open and he was eyeing a hat-trick of titles.
"I've
always enjoyed coming to Chennai. The tournament is a nice way to start
the season, the fans are great and I like the atmosphere in the
stadium. Of course I would love to defend my title, but I will have to
go match by match," he said.
Talking about his coach Magnus Norman, Wawrinka said, "I really enjoy his vision of the game; the way he communicates.
He's
very natural and he was a great player himself so he knows how it feels
to step on a crowded center court or to be in a Grand Slam final."
"I
saw how he worked with Robin Soderling and had a feeling that he could
be the right coach for me. He's also great working with the other
members of my team like my fitness coach Pierre Paganini or Severin
Luthi, our Davis Cup captain who has been helping me a lot as well."
Reviewing
the year behind, and looking into the start of yet another season on
the tour, Wawrinka said, "I want to continue to do well, win tournaments
and go deep at the Slams.
And hopefully I get a great start into the season in Chennai again."
"I'm
somebody who really likes to work hard. I like to get up early in the
morning and enjoy practising a lot. That helps me a lot, because a
tennis career is very much about working hard and enjoying what you do."
Indian players try out the GPS tracker during a training session. It was introduced by coach Stephen Constantine.
They may still be far off from the world standards, but Indian
football team’s sports scientist Danny Deigan believes the players’
fitness is improving steadily, citing the figures noted during the SAFF
Cup match against Nepal as an example.
Deigan, an Australian sports scientist who joined the national team
this year, said matching the global mark will take time and it will have
to start at the club level.
“The gap between football at the domestic level and the international
level is huge and for us the biggest challenge is to bridge the gap. It
can never be bridged within a span of 10 days. For that, it needs to
begin at the clubs,” Deigan was quoted as saying in an AIFF media
release.
“It’s up to us to guide the players to understand, gauge and do that
extra part to keep themselves going at the level if we are to attain
world standards,” he said.
Constantine introduced the GPS monitoring system earlier this year
with an aim to improve the fitness level. Deigan, in charge of assessing
the fitness levels, said he has data of ‘over 200 lines on the team and
each individual’.
“It relates to everything — right from the risks of injury which they
can suffer to their performances, the improvements and even the
downward curve which is never encouraging. All these are variables which
are key to Stephen Constantine’s game plan,” he added.
According to Deigan, the statistics collected from the last two
editions of the World Cup to games involving top club sides in La Liga,
Bundesliga, the EPL and other major leagues, a distance of 10-12 kms is
to be covered by a player depending on his position. “A wing back as per
world standards cover 10,400 meters in a match; a central defender
9,650 meters; a midfielder 11,200 meters and a forward 10,400 meters,”
Deigan said.
Comparing that piece of statistics with the Indian players, he said,
“In the match against Iran in Bangalore, where we used the GPS for the
first time, our wing backs covered a distance of 9,507 meters; central
defenders 9,100 meters; midfielders 10,872 meters and the forwards
10,137 meters. In our last match against Nepal in the SAFF Cup, the wing
backs covered 10,476 meters, central defenders 9,435 meters;
midfielders 11,298 meters while the forwards 10,600 meters,” he said.
Asked if the Indian players were close to international standards,
Deigan said, “You understand it’s improving. But in some matches you
also need to understand it is strongly influenced by team tactics and
the opposition, and can even be influenced by poor positioning of the
player and the distance he needs to cover as a result of that. You need
to take into consideration distances covered by a player at a high
speed, over 14km per hour.
“That’s a big part of where we need to improve if we are to go
forward. The best way to improve is to work at high speed and the
training has to be conducted at high intensity.”
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/running-hard-but-not-hard-enough/#sthash.MRS6MSWr.dpuf
Constantine introduced the GPS monitoring system earlier this year
with an aim to improve the fitness level. Deigan, in charge of assessing
the fitness levels, said he has data of ‘over 200 lines on the team and
each individual’.
“It relates to everything — right from the risks of injury which they
can suffer to their performances, the improvements and even the
downward curve which is never encouraging. All these are variables which
are key to Stephen Constantine’s game plan,” he added. 14km per hour.
“That’s a big part of where we need to improve if we are to go
forward. The best way to improve is to work at high speed and the
training has to be conducted at high intensity.”
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/running-hard-but-not-hard-enough/#sthash.MRS6MSWr.dpuf
Indian players try out the GPS tracker during a training session. It was introduced by coach Stephen Constantine.
They may still be far off from the world standards, but Indian
football team’s sports scientist Danny Deigan believes the players’
fitness is improving steadily, citing the figures noted during the SAFF
Cup match against Nepal as an example.
Deigan, an Australian sports scientist who joined the national team
this year, said matching the global mark will take time and it will have
to start at the club level.
“The gap between football at the domestic level and the international
level is huge and for us the biggest challenge is to bridge the gap. It
can never be bridged within a span of 10 days. For that, it needs to
begin at the clubs,” Deigan was quoted as saying in an AIFF media
release.
“It’s up to us to guide the players to understand, gauge and do that
extra part to keep themselves going at the level if we are to attain
world standards,” he said.
Constantine introduced the GPS monitoring system earlier this year
with an aim to improve the fitness level. Deigan, in charge of assessing
the fitness levels, said he has data of ‘over 200 lines on the team and
each individual’.
“It relates to everything — right from the risks of injury which they
can suffer to their performances, the improvements and even the
downward curve which is never encouraging. All these are variables which
are key to Stephen Constantine’s game plan,” he added.
According to Deigan, the statistics collected from the last two
editions of the World Cup to games involving top club sides in La Liga,
Bundesliga, the EPL and other major leagues, a distance of 10-12 kms is
to be covered by a player depending on his position. “A wing back as per
world standards cover 10,400 meters in a match; a central defender
9,650 meters; a midfielder 11,200 meters and a forward 10,400 meters,”
Deigan said.
Comparing that piece of statistics with the Indian players, he said,
“In the match against Iran in Bangalore, where we used the GPS for the
first time, our wing backs covered a distance of 9,507 meters; central
defenders 9,100 meters; midfielders 10,872 meters and the forwards
10,137 meters. In our last match against Nepal in the SAFF Cup, the wing
backs covered 10,476 meters, central defenders 9,435 meters;
midfielders 11,298 meters while the forwards 10,600 meters,” he said.
Asked if the Indian players were close to international standards,
Deigan said, “You understand it’s improving. But in some matches you
also need to understand it is strongly influenced by team tactics and
the opposition, and can even be influenced by poor positioning of the
player and the distance he needs to cover as a result of that. You need
to take into consideration distances covered by a player at a high
speed, over 14km per hour.
“That’s a big part of where we need to improve if we are to go
forward. The best way to improve is to work at high speed and the
training has to be conducted at high intensity.”
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/running-hard-but-not-hard-enough/#sthash.MRS6MSWr.dpuf
Chennai: Stanislas Wawrinka eked out the "biggest
win" of his career when he downed Novak Djokovic in the final of the
2015 French Open and the Swiss champions says staying mentally strong is
always key against the Serbian giant.
Constantine introduced the GPS monitoring system earlier this year
with an aim to improve the fitness level. Deigan, in charge of assessing
the fitness levels, said he has data of ‘over 200 lines on the team and
each individual’.
Indian players try out the GPS tracker during a training session. It was introduced by coach Stephen Constantine.
They may still be far off from the world standards, but Indian
football team’s sports scientist Danny Deigan believes the players’
fitness is improving steadily, citing the figures noted during the SAFF
Cup match against Nepal as an example.
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