My daughter encouraged me to work with Stan Wawrinka again, says Norman

In an interview to Tribune de Geneve commented in detail on his split with in 2018 and then the time when they started working together again in 2018. Norman said that his six-year-old daughter Estelle was tired of not seeing his father at home, as the Swede constantly travelled around the ATP Tour.

In October 2017 I had to take one of my toughest decisions in life. I split with Stan even if he was injured and he was going through his worst moment. But I did not have a different choice, said Norman. Tennis makes you leave home all the time.

I have two twins, Elin and Estelle. With Elin, no problem. But Estelle did not want to speak with me anymore, because of my absence. It was too much for me and especially for her. I decided to stay with my family. Then, it was Estelle herself to encourage Norman to be back working with the three-time Grand Slam winner: It was funny.

She said: Where is Stan, dad? I said he was taking care of his injured knee. She insisted, If Stan is injured, you have to go help him, dad Well, I explained her what I had already told her. That if I was away from home before, it was just because I was with Stan.

And I told him that if I started helping Stan again, then it meant that I could not comeback home too much. She cameback to me later saying Okay dad, you can go, you have to go help Stan! On Wawrinka, Norman added: He contacted me in April 2018.

We saw each other for two weeks in Switzerland. Then we started working together again. Nothing changed. Everything was like before. The toughest thing for Stan was to re-build his knee. Since September it has gotten better. Mentally, he dropped a little bit in the previous season.

It was normal: he was thinking a lot about his knee. But he is strong now. He took advantage of the break to work hard, particularly with Pierre Paganini. I am optimistic for his season. Can Wawrinka win a Grand Slam again? As a coach, I do not believe on these terms.

I look at things depending on their development and general improvement of performances. I do not know what will happen on Tuesday against Gulbis. Stan can win or lose. But for how we worked and for how he performed, he can do it again.

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