TENNIS US OPEN – After Kei Nishikori reached his first Grand Slam semifinal by winning to five set matches against Milos Raonic first and then Stan Wawrinka, everyone wants to talk to either Kei or his coach Michael Chang. Ubaldo managed to get a few minutes with the former French Open.
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Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989 and on his way to the title he defeated Ivan Lendl in that historic last 16 match where the american player managed to unsettle Lendl with a series of tricks like serving underarm. On the 17th of October they will face each other in Genova for an exhibition called “La Grande Sfida” (the great challenge).
Since Kei Nishikori reached the semifinal that he will play today against world number one Novak Djokovic, both the Japanese player and his coach Michael Chang have been sought by the media that want to talk to them, Ubaldo managed to spend a few minutes with Chang.
In the interview they spoke about the famous match with Lendl and about his relationship with the former world number 1, “In Germany we have gone out to eat. Ivan is a very different person off the court”.
Ubaldo also asked him about coaching Nishikori, “for me it’s probably a little bit easier to coach a player like Kei, because we have similarities in certain aspects of culture and certain aspects of style.”
A journalist from Japan was also present when Ubaldo was interviewing Chang and he asked the question, can Nishikori win the US Open? Chang replied, “Kei has never played better and if you beat in five sets both Raonic and Wawrinka, the Australian Open champion, it means he has the belief and confidence to beat anyone. Djokovic is the favourite for the tournament and it will be very tough, but if he wins this match he can win the tournament”
