ATP: Nick Bollettieri becomes expert on the tennis channel

New addition for the expert team of the Tennis Channel: US veteran Nick Bollettieri will be joining the team of experts this week.

Nick Bollettieri is a man of the word.The legendary US coach is still a regular guest at the big events in the tennis circus, and anyone who runs into Bollettieri in Wimbledon and asks for a word donation will receive it.Now the knowledge of the now 86-year-old is being transferred to a new platform, and Bollettieri will be available to the American tennis channel as an expert at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai this week.

And literally: Under “#AskNick” on the related page of tennis. com there should be an opportunity to ask questions to the man in whose academy Andre Agassi grew up.

“I am honored and delighted to join the groundbreaking and innovative Tennis Channel and its team of tennis experts,” said Bollettieri,”I am looking forward to sharing with fans the insights that I have learnt over the past 60 years as a coach.

In addition to Agassi, Monica Seles and Jim Courier, Maria Sharapova have also recently trained at the Bolletieri Academy.The legendary coach was admitted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014 for his performances.In view of the age and lifetime achievement of Nick Bollettieri, one is inclined to say: only in 2014.