Bagdatis' new coach

Coach no 3 for 2008 turns out to be Olivier Soules who works for Team Lagardere, a professional sports training agency that specialises in tennis coaching (but also does athletics if you have the cash). They are based in Paris and Sophia Antipolis (close to Nice) plus they have/had a few other (mainly French) celebrities on their books - such as Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Devilder, Nicolas Mahut...

I think Olivier Soules himself was a tennis player, in the late 80's but I will dig out his story (and perhaps some dirt too) later on. New girlfriend and a new coach! Way to go... I seem to have been out of the loop for too long - has Marcos turned the page?

Through to round 3

Frankly Marcos was a class above. Nicolas Devilder's Wimbledon trip cut short.

Good Start

It took a bit of a shaking to wake up (lost the first set), but the rest of the match was a walkover. Next up is Nicolas Devilder, probably on Thursday. He's beaten Marcos once in the past, in 2005 in India. This was their only encounter to date. I wander where this game will be staged? His opponent ranks 102^nd, which is paradoxically, lower than Marcos’ opponent in the first round. Court number 2 again? I think Marcos deserves court number 1 at least…