Among them was for Kokkinakis to play 25 tournaments and develop more “resilience and robustness” in 2021. Kokkinakis endured up to eight-hour training days three times weekly, where Segal – formerly North Melbourne’s high performance coach – and co. would “stack physical and mental challenges up”. Segal also credited Tennis Australia physical performance coach Tom Mabon for providing extensive information on Kokkinakis. For his part, Segal drew on his extensive AFL experience but said there was no miracle strategy that enabled Kokkinakis to finally get some continuity. Picture: Getty ImagesWhatever it was, Kokkinakis was injury free last year outside of adductor tightness in his last tournament.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 09, 2022 21:16 UTC