While the shutdown stalled his climb up the rankings, the world No. 220 made the most of his spare time by training hard and tweaking his team (it now includes Pat Cash and Dusan Vemic). The teen is competing for the Chicago Smash this month in West Virginia while looking forward to the tour restarting.
"He’s a very good as a student,” Vemic says. “He listens, respects and implements it into his game very quickly. The future is bright. Our objective is for him to grow. There are qualities that I see that are maybe underrated—they’re not flashy—but those are qualities that you want to have as a top tennis player.”
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