Miami Open 2018: Hyeon Chung and Kevin Anderson claim made by Neville Godwin
NEVILLE GODWIN has made a big claim about Hyeon Chung and Kevin Anderson.
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Both players are into the quarter-final of the Miami Open and are hoping to secure their first tournament wins of the year.
However, Godwin, who now coaches Chung after parting ways with Anderson at the end of 2017, has compared the two hopefuls who could meet in the final.
South Korean Chung only burst onto the scene this season with an impressive display at the Australian Open.
At 21 years old he is hoping to one day break into the top 10 of the world rankings, just as Anderson did with the help of Godwin.
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He hasn't lost as many matches. He hasn't won as many matches, but there's just much less water under the bridge
But the coach thinks Chung might be able to go a little better as he has “less scaring” from previous career losses.
“Kevin is 32 years old now. When I started with him he was 28,” Godwin told ATP World Tour.
“He always had a really good sense of what he wanted to do, and where he wanted to get better. We worked on that regard.
“Trying to find out the best way forward for him.
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“With Chung, it's different. It's a little bit more of a blank canvas with a 21-year-old. There's sort of more scope, because there's less scarring, if you like.
“He hasn't lost as many matches. He hasn't won as many matches, but there's just much less water under the bridge.
“No one before Kevin. I was back in South Africa, and I was looking to get on the Tour, and it's not the easiest gig to get… [Kevin] approached me and we had four great years together.
“I’m very, very grateful to Kevin for giving me the opportunity.
“Really happy for him that he's single digit in the ATP Rankings now… That's a massive achievement in a tennis player's career.”