Three months after Roger Federer’s official retirement, the coach of the Swiss legend from 2015 to 2022, Ivan Ljubicic, has been named director of the ‘Ambition 2024’ mission by the French Tennis Federation (FFT), reports The group.
The Croatian coach will take office on 15 January 2023 with a clear objective: to bring an outside vision of French tennis and above all to help it (re)win at the highest level, just over a year and a half before the Olympic Games Paris.
Ljubicic will notably work with the national technical director (DTN), Nicolas Escudé.
“I am very happy to join the FFT, one of the federations in the world that devotes more resources to developing the potential of its young players. France has a very rich and very promising nursery, and I put my experience at the service of this new challenge with total commitment and a great desire to share the values that forge champions”.exults the former number 3 in the world in a press release.
Published on Tuesday 20 December 2022 at 11:59 am
