Shapovalov had teamed up with Delgado following the Briton’s split with Murray during the offseason after five years together. Delgado had not joined the Canadian for the European clay tour and was set to meet the world number 16 at Wimbledon at the end of next month, but was surprised to receive a call from Shapovalov over the weekend, ending your association.
Marcus Buckland announced the news on Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday, saying: “Another news that broke today, and Denis Shapovalov is in action right now against Nikoloz Basilashvili, and he won the first set there. But you [Tim Henman] I spoke to Jamie Delgao last night, who has been coaching Denis Shapovalov since the beginning of the year, and certainly to Jamie’s surprise, at the weekend he received a call to say that his services were no longer required.”
The news comes a day after Shapovalov caused controversy with an outburst in their first-round match in Rome, when he told the crowd to “shut the fuck up” during an argument with chair umpire Richard Haigh over a mark. ball on clay and a code violation he received for crossing the net to signal the mark.
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Tim Henman explained that the news had come as a surprise to Delgado, who believed that their partnership had been successful thus far. “Yes, job security or lack of job security as a tennis coach on tour is quite evident there. From Jamie’s point of view, it seemed like the relationship was working well and Shapovalov had had some good results, but that’s where the player is in charge.” and Denis obviously felt that he wanted to go in a different direction and Jamie is the one who bears the brunt of that,” the former British No. 1 said.
Delgado has been at home in London while Shapovalov has been competing in Madrid and Rome. Murray’s former trainer underwent laser eye surgery Monday during the Canadian’s three-set victory over Sonego. Shapovalov had faced Delgado’s former teammate in Madrid last week in what was his second match against the former world No. 1, with Murray earning his first win over the 23-year-old 6-1, 3. -6, 6-2.
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Shapovalov is already doing better in Rome, where he advanced to the third round with a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over Basilashvili on Tuesday. He will now face the winner of a clash between Rafael Nadal and John Isner. It is not known who will replace Delgado as his new manager, but Marcus Buckland sent his best wishes to the British manager, saying: “I suspect Jamie won’t be unemployed for long.”
Murray recently reunited with his former trainer Ivan Lendl, who worked with him from 2011 to 2014 and again in 2016 to 2017, the second time he had worked alongside Delgado in what was the Briton’s most successful season as he won a third Grand Slam title. at Wimbledon, second Olympic gold, and reached No. 1 in the world in 2016. With Delgado back on the market, Murray could look to reassemble the dream team before Wimbledon.
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This reflects very badly on Dennis. Moving forward, he will have difficulty attracting good coaches with proven track records. He could have at least had a better discussion and announced they came to an amicable agreement upon parting. Not good for Dennis and his temperament.