The coach of Coleman Wong, James Allemby, collaborated with the coach of Andrey Rublev, Fernando Vicente, to plan an exercise between their players for different tournaments. That turned out to be difficult because the Rublev training sessions were set well in advance, but in the end they went to the field in Toronto together.
“Rublev was great. He spoke a lot to Coleman and shared his experiences. They actually played a practice network and although it is just practice, which does not mean much, Coleman was very planning to send a message to the field,” Allemby Atptour.com said. “When he practices with boys who are at the highest level, that is a bit of his goal to go into it. He does not want to show that he is just there to come up with the numbers.
“He actually wants his presence to feel, so that that word goes a bit more around the dressing room that he is here to compete and he is here to take people’s lunch if necessary.”
Now Wong gets his chance against Rublev on one of the biggest stages in the sport, when he takes on the 17-way ATP Tour Titlist on Saturday in the third round of the US Open.
In the tournament, Wong had never been in an important main drawing. Not only qualified the former Junior World No. 11, but he became the first man to play for Hong Kong to participate in a Grand Slam main table in the open era and can now reach the second week.
The 21-year-old was a break against Rublev during their training a month ago and will get the confidence that he had already been on the net of the five-fold Nitto ATP Finals competitor.
“He just loved it. He loved every point, hurried after every ball. Of course, Rublev touches how he does that and he loved to chase them and attack himself. It was cool,” said Allemby. “The faith barrier on that front is good. We have to find so many reasons why it is possible if we can, so that is certainly one. He has already shared the court with him. He has already played practice points with him. He has already broken him. He knows what it is like to feel that pace, even when he practices.”
Fans will immediately notice that Wong brings an abundance of passion to court. The number 146 player in the PIF ATP Live Rankings gives everything at every point he plays.
“He has so much passion for the sport and for competing,” said Allenby. “It’s one thing if you win and everything goes well, but that’s something he has, and that is part of his material.”
Allemby, a coach on the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, started working with Wong for the first time four years ago. Immediately he was impressed by the attitude of his indictment and hunger for playing tennis.
“There is something that they mention in Spanish called Buena Cara, which has a good sight all the time. That is something that is a controllable and that we give a lot of importance,” said Allemby. “You come to the field, you are enthusiastic about what you are going to do, about playing tennis at the end of the day.
“Some people see it as a bit of a job or a little hassle, they will have to suffer, but he would always have Buena Cara, a good sight, super enthusiastic for what he did.”
That does not mean that there have been no difficult moments. Last May in Little Rock, Arkansas, Wong participated in an ATP Challenger Tour event where he lost a tough match in difficult circumstances against World No. 323 Andres Andrade. According to Allemby, Wong came from the court “desperately”.
“He did not succeed in finding solutions. He was disappointed about his attitude, and he just became ballistic, which is very unusual for him,” Allemby recalled. “He usually treats very well, you can talk to him immediately afterwards.”
Wong and Allemby at Indian Wells.
The next day they woke up at 6 am and walked 10 kilometers together the hills of Little Rock. They later stepped into the practice court and Wong still had “a bit of a bad posture” and did not communicate much during a practice network, when the goal was to share what was in his head. During a sitdown, Wong kept saying: “I don’t know” when he was asked what he could have done better and “no” when he was asked if he wanted to do something better.
Allemby said nothing to Wong the rest of the practice and that helped to convey the message. Eventually Wong looked around and said, “I’m really sorry”.
An important part of the Allemby coaching philosophy is Bounceback capacity. This moment in Arkansas remains a reference point for when things go wrong and how they can recover from those difficulties.
The team of Allemby and Wong had a goal this season for their indictment to play more qualifying events from ATP Tour, so that he could spend more time with players at the top level. That has paid off in Miami, where Wong made the third round behind the victories against Daniel Altmaier and Ben Shelton.
De Hongkunger skipped an ATP Challenger Tour event in the Czech Republic with the hope of coming into the qualification of Rome. Although he eventually did not eventually compete there, he consistently added 1000 events to the fire at ATP Masters by simply being near the biggest stars.
“Now they know him, they speak to him in the dressing room. It is not so much a novelty,” said Allenby. “When he came from juniors, he would rarely practice with these guys because he was still a futures player. And so when he would spend time with them, it was a big thing, it was special, while it has now become a bit more normal.”
There are still times when Wong wonder against those about the net. He has hit Lorenzo Musetti several times at Flushing Meadows and in the middle of meetings commentary on the Volleys of the Italian.
But especially with his triumph over Shelton, Wong knows that he is not just another player, but a competitor who is ready to challenge someone in his own way. The world no. 173 hopes to retain that mentality when he is opposed to Rublev.
“One thing is practicing with them, something else is beating someone of that caliber in a competition,” said Allemby. “He proved himself [against Shelton] That he is not only able to hang with these guys, he can also win matches against these guys. ”
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