#42: Mehdi Daouki – Developing the next African Grand Slam Winner

In this episode you’re going to listen to Mehdi Daouki, Mehdi has worked under the guidance of Patrick Mouratoglou for 6 years & has worked with the likes of Sachia Vickery, Aravane Rezai, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Marcos Baghdatis. In 2013 he founded the D-Tennis Academy based out of Marroco with the quest to create a Grand Slam winning African Player

In this episode you’ll get to know:

– How we as coaches always need to remember to inform the parents

– When and how character reveals it self

– What Mehdi believe is the biggest waste of time in the game of tennis

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps:
01:30 Patrick Mouratoglou
03:24 If you want to be one of the best
03:57 Jeun-Paul Damit
06:38 If you get results…
07:45 Eplaining to the parents
10:20 Ons Jabeur
12:04 Red flags
12:36 Everything is possible
13:11 Every player can make it on tour
13:48 How character reveals it self
15:56 The peaceful warrior
16:30 Mehdi’s Advice
16:46 An African Player can win a Grand Slam