Andy Murray hails coach Esteban Carril says he is ‘calm and considered’.
Former British No 1 Andy Murray hails coach Esteban Carril says he is ‘calm and considered’ as well as a good communicator.
Carril has been exceptional as he has helped develop Johanna Konta into a top-10 player and has most recently been working with another British player, Katie Swan.
He also enjoyed a trial with US Open champion Emma Raducanu last month.
The highly-regarded Spaniard has joined up with Murray at the Stockholm Open for a trial week, with a view to joining the Scot’s team moving forward.
“As a person, he’s very calm and considered. He’s a good communicator as well which is certainly not one of my strengths so it’s something that I kind of look for in a coach, so that’s certainly a positive thing,” Murray said.
The former world No 1 also discussed the nature of trialling multiple coaches, saying: “It’s something in the past I wish I had done more of. I think tennis players generally don’t do a great job of trialling multiple coaches, testing at tournaments and training weeks.
“Due to the nature of the tour it’s always quite difficult to do that, so Esteban is here this week to see how it goes.
“He has a very good reputation in British tennis and he’s certainly done a good job with a number of different players.
“I’ve always kind of had a couple of coaches working with me. Having a little bit of space and distance is important because it’s a very, very intense relationship between player and coach on the tour.”
