Sell, Querrey Move Up From Juniors
Every U.S. city that holds a tournament now dutifully sends a reporter out to interview the "next big thing" in U.S. tennis. It happened in San Jose, it happened in Memphis and today, Las Vegas got into the act. The Review Journal assigned a columnist for the Querrey story suggesting that Querrey is moving up in the sports journalism food chain. The stories all point out his normal teenage life and the fact that tennis never became an obsession, for him or his family. And of course, they all describe him as laid-back, which is almost as common an adjective for him as lanky. I think all these things are true, but as I've said ad nauseum, very few claim to have a blueprint for tennis success. Development cannot be scheduled or demanded; there may be guidelines, but the exceptions are often as important as the rules. I guess my point is that these stories should be read as an example of how one fast-rising tennis player navigated the developmental waters. Andy Murray, who has been receiving this (much greater) media attention for well over a year now, used an entirely different method. If it works, it's great, if it doesn't, well, hindsight is always 20/20.
Another article of interest appeared today, about USTA Player Development coach Mike Sell, who is now working with young pros like Ryan Sweeting and Alex Kuznetsov. This is the second story (the link to the one I posted two years ago is no longer active) on Sell to appear in a Philadelphia-area publication; it's obvious he's got a lot of friends in the area. That he's interested in some day coaching college tennis is an interesting revelation.
4 comments:
querrey is awesome. levine is the man as well. whats he doing wasting his talent in college. he can see how querrey is doing. he is beating guys like 1 and 1 in college. the window of opportunity is small.take it jesse.
In response to Anonymous....Some of these guys want to get an education.
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in response to us womens tennis vibes....levine has said he will only go for one semester or at most 1.5 years. is this getting an education? for him to get a degree from florida it will take about 5 or 6 years. ill bet he is taking the minimum courses allowed. whats the point? he is good enough to make it. why waste time beating guys 1 and 1 when he can be really improving on the tour. i agree with anon.
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