Somdev Devvarman Hires New Coach, Changes Diet Plan to Get Back on Track

Somdev Devvarman refuses to mourn poor results of the year going by, instead he has carefully planned a way “to get back his identity on the tennis courts” by hiring a new coach, cutting down on junk food and putting more hours on honing his serve.

Yet 2015 is the second successive year, which he would like to forget after slipping from 136 to 181 in the world rankings.

In 19 ATP Challenger level tournaments, he fell in the first round itself 10 times, on five occasions, he lost the second round and won two titles (Delhi and Winnetka) apart from making two quarterfinals.

When countered that he was seen eating noodles after his first round match, Somdev said, “One or two times in a while.

So just being very diligent on eating at right times, having my protein shakes at the right time and eat vegetarian food that has protein like beans and soya.

After training with Scott McCain for many years, Somdev has now hired a new coach, his close friend from Greece Theodoros Angelinos.

He is working hard on my serve and finding my identity, be in touch with my identity on the court.

Somdev revealed that he is giving more attention to his serve each and every session of training.

Everyday I spend 20 minutes extra after every session, hitting serves.

Angelinos, who played for some time on Tour and touched a career-high rank of 251 in December 2013, has great challenge before him.