Simona Halep and Darren Cahill formed a fantastic team that allowed the Romanian to finally win her maiden slam and, even more difficult, to finish 2 consecutive seasons as world no.1
Unfortunately, Darren announced on Friday that he will not coach Simona anymore, at least for the following 12 months.
Why Cahill decided not to coach Simona in 2019
The Australian released the following statement
“After much thought and discussion, and many years with 30 plus weeks on the road away from my family, I’ve decided to take a 12-month break from coaching to be home more for support as our children enter important stages of their lives with the final year of high school, sports and college preparations all becoming more time consuming.
I’d like to thank Simona for the last four amazing years. Her understanding, personality, work ethic, generosity, and professionalism made it a pleasure to stand by her side as her coach. She’s a young woman of total class and someone I respect greatly which is something more important than any result achieved.”
This is a big blow for Simona that she has now the onus to find a suitable replacement. That will be difficult.
