Over the past few hours there has been grief in the world of tennis due to the death of Peter Lundgrenformer Swedish tennis player who later coached various ATP figures, such as Marcelo Rios, Roger Federer y Marat Safinamong others.
Lundgren died after a long battle with diabetes, which even led to the amputation of one of his feet last year.
Peter Lundgren was key in the beginning of Roger Federer’s career.
As a tennis player, he reached his peak in 1985, when he reached 25th in the ranking. ATPand then went on to dedicate himself to being a tennis coach, where he also achieved several successes with the pupils he was in charge of directing.
The ATP figures who shared with Lundgren
One of his first pupils was Marcelo Riosat the takeoff of the Chino in the ranking ATP, and was at his side the first time he entered the top 10, which later led to the Chilean tennis player becoming number 1 in the world.
After ending her relationship with him Chino In 1996, the Swede worked on the Swiss Tennis Federation at the youth level, and then began working full-time as a coach for Roger Federerfrom 2000 to 2003, leading the Swiss to win his first Grand Slam in Wimbledon 2003, according to his biography on the official website of the ATP.
A couple of years later, Lundgren started working with the Russian Marat Safinwhom he guided to consecrate himself in the Australian Open 2005.
One of the last players to be under the wing of the Swedish coach It was the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovwith whom they won the title ATP Finals 2017.
