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Peter Lundgren glorification thread

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#1 ·
When I was young (few days ago) I thought that Dasha was nice but boring...now that I'm wise and old (few days after) I find our conversations about her "including mine" very boring and redundant.

She's nice...she's ugly....she's smart...she's boring...she's awful...I love her...I hate her...He should marry her...No, please Marry me! :timebomb:


Ilhame and Kiara inspired me for this thread...(Credit to Kiara for the title)... No offense Ilhame but I really hope (even if I have doubts these days) that my thread will be more popular than yours. ;)

But I'm sure that you hope too. :hug:


Peter Lundgren deserves a glorification thread...He's the man! :worship: :worship:

I compare his relation with Safin to Yoda and Luke skywalker...The force will always be with them...
Peter: "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try."
Marat:" Yes Master."

He's a great coach...He made Marat believe in himself...he's really good with the psychological stuff...
He's a great tactician also and gave him focus and motivation.

As Misha (Marat's dad) said in his last interview, we should light a candle for Peter. :angel:

 
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More informations about Peter:

Birthdate: January 29, 1965
Birthplace: Gudmundra, Sweden
Career Singles Titles: 3
Career Win-Loss Record: 122-137

Singles Titles
1) 1985-10-21 Cologne
2) 1987-08-24 Rye Brook, New York
3) 1987-09-28 San Francisco, California
 
#4 ·
Interesting article.

Safin-Lundgren Partnership Pays Dividends Early in 2005


Marat Safin was having less than a good time at last year's US Open.


Up to that point in 2004 the temperamental Russian was 0-2 in tournament finals, losing to Roger Federer in the Australian Open championship match and to Juan Ignacio Chela on clay at Estoril.


A first-round loss to Thomas Enqvist at the US Open was the last straw.


After the match Safin and coach Peter Lundgren argued for a long period in the locker room. The Russian insisted his season was over, his game was in shambles, and it would be best to blow off the remaining tournaments on the year and take a sabbatical. Lundgren tried to keep things positive, insisting that the Asian events and the European indoor swing before the end of the year could easily turn his game around.



In the end Lundgren's persistence paid off, and Safin kept his post-Open obligation in Beijing where he won his first title of three in 2004, including Masters Series wins at Madrid and Paris.


Thus has been the influence of Lundgren on the wildly erratic Safin, who was seemingly destined for Grand Slam greatness when he brutalized Pete Sampras in the 2000 US Open final. With his win at the 2005 Australian Open, the Russian's pairing with the Swede has picked up where the four-year span of failed expectations finally left off.


Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpishchev, who said no foreigner could successfully coach Safin because in his opinion it was 'a Russian thing,' told Reuters he is now forced to eat his words.


"Without question, Peter Lundgren has been able to get the best out of Safin, which is by no means an easy thing to do," Tarpishchev said. "You have to give full credit to Lundgren for the way he has handled Marat's temper and channeled it in a positive way...He proved me wrong, but I'm not bitter. I'm happy, very happy for both Marat and Peter. It seems like they have found a common bond and you can see how much Marat respects his coach."


Safin says Lundgren, who also coached the surly Chilean former No. 1 Marcelo Rios, helped him conquer his self-doubt.


"He made me believe that I can be a good player and I don't have so much doubt about myself," Safin said after beating Lleyton Hewitt in the Aussie Open final. "He understood who I am and I understood what he wants from me. It took us four or five months before the results came. But then once they came, they have continued to come."


The result is almost laughable in retrospect, with tennis punters and the media completely writing off Safin prior to the Open. Safin skipped the two weeks of ATP events leading into Melbourne, making his only pseudo-competitive appearance representing Team Russia at the Hopman Cup exhibition.


In his first match against Germany, Safin dropped a three-setter to Tommy Haas, then teamed with countrywoman Anastasia Myskina to lose 7-6 in the third in the doubles. In his next match against Argentina, Safin lost the first set in a tiebreak to Guillermo Coria before mentally pulling the plug, losing the second set 6-1 then getting bageled in the doubles. It seemed the same old Marat in 2005.


In his last match versus David Sanguinetti of Italy, the big Russian split the first two sets in tiebreaks before bailing on the final set 6-0, then went on to lose the doubles for a perfect 0-6 record at the event.


"I am playing well. I am not complaining, I'm playing well, I am hitting the ball well. Peter is satisfied with the way I am playing," said Safin during the Hopman cup struggle. "I'm very confident of playing well (in Melbourne). Win a couple of matches and then everything is going under control."


Indeed.


Now that the numerous Roger Federer win streaks are no more, Safin himself has a new streak, 7-0 in 2005, and a rounding confidence to challenge the formerly un-challengable Swiss.


How long Lundgren can successfully manipulate the Rubik's Cube that is Marat Safin's brain, and if this is just another blip on the radar ala the 2000 US Open, will be interesting to observe during the next 10 months.
 
#5 ·
I did not know that: :eek: :eek:

After the match Safin and coach Peter Lundgren argued for a long period in the locker room. The Russian insisted his season was over, his game was in shambles, and it would be best to blow off the remaining tournaments on the year and take a sabbatical. Lundgren tried to keep things positive, insisting that the Asian events and the European indoor swing before the end of the year could easily turn his game around.
Peter. :angel:
 
#7 ·
Of course, your thread will be more popular, Bea, if you keep posting in it! :lol:

My friend is so sick of me playing the Roger-Marat and the AO final tapes over and over again. I told him that Peter was Yoda, too! :lol: Great minds think alike! :D

Thank you, Peter! :kiss: You bring the best out of 'our' Marat! :D Don't stop now! :yippee: <-- jmp's favorite smilie; it's what I do when I think about Marat winning majors! One more: :yippee: my second favorite smilie: :dance:
 
#9 ·
Lundgren is a great guy and a very good coach. If there is any extra info that you want about him I'll provide my best for this cause.
 
#10 · (Edited)
jmp said:
Of course, your thread will be more popular, Bea, if you keep posting in it! :lol:
:lol:
as you can see...not a problem. ;)

My friend is so sick of me playing the Roger-Marat and the AO final tapes over and over again. I told him that Peter was Yoda, too! :lol: Great minds think alike! :D
:hug:

He's a jedi!...There's no doubt.

The wisdom of Peter:
"I don't believe it. I can't win" --Marat to Yoda aka Peter
"That is why you fail." --Yoda to Hippo
 
#11 ·
GeorgeWHitler said:
Lundgren is a great guy and a very good coach. If there is any extra info that you want about him I'll provide my best for this cause.
:worship: :worship:

I realized that we don't know a lot about his carrer as a tennis player...his rankings...No pics...nothing. :sad:

If you have extra info...post them! :D
 
#12 ·
I've said it in another thread (don't remember which one) and I gladly repeat it here: Peter Lundgren is my new god. :worship: :worship: Peter. What he seems to have to be doing to Marat's self-belief and confidence is amazing (knocking on wood), especially now that we know exactly how dire the problem was.

All hail Peter!
 
#15 ·
Bea I also hope your thread will be more popular then mine!

I knew after thew USO things were hard, but I'm glad Peter got through to Marat. Look at the results. :)

May they stay together for a long time!
 
#16 ·
Wow! I have officially reached absolute loser status and this is my 10 000th post and I don't know how or why it has been so long, but some info on Peter is a good thing to bring it up with.

There is only so much I can really say, no seriously. What do you want to know about the guy?

As a player Peter was a very talented player and had some very good strokes, and had a reputation as an upset artist, but dedication was never his strong point as a player, he could have been a top 10-20 player consistently if he showed more dedication.

Next fact look at the common theme of the players he coached Rios, Federer and Marat, you could say he likes to work with talentless donkeys, but being quite a talented player who didn't always focus, that helps him in the approach that he has had with these types of players.

He is from the central part of Sweden, but now lives on the west coast of Sweden with his family and he has 2 kids as well. He was going to be the Swiss DC captain when Peter Carter died, but as he wasn't a Swiss citizen they didn't give it him and he helped Marc Rosset initially.

Peter is a bit of a rocker and likes the rock and metal music and his father was a very good musician, as a coach well I remember making fun of some of the Safinistas because when the results weren't coming that they should sack him and I just laughed, and the calls will happen again if he doesn't perform, but that's human nature.
 
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Happy 10,000th, GWH! :D Thanks for the background. I remember the cries for Peter's head. :lol: It's so interesting that you note Peter coaching players who were similiar in that they are/were talented, but, need/needed direction. All three of the players you mentioned reached #1.

This is a subject I've been wary about bringing up. But, do you have any indication that there is bad blood between the Federer team and Peter? I hope not because I really like Roger, Peter, and Marat. I like the way Roger and Marat get on. A key moment in their semi was when Roger missed a DTL he would usually get. Marat said, "Thank you," and Roger said, "You're welcome." Then they both smiled before the next point. :angel: :angel:
 
#18 ·
jmp, if I know anything I am not going to talk about.

Marat and Roger get along very well that is obvious enough.
 
#21 ·
I`ve always liked Peter, because he is a great coach and a very nice person. I believed he was the one to help Marat and overcome his mental issues, but of course it was difficult and they needed their time to build up a right relationship base so that Marat will trust him and listen to him, but it seems like the work paid off. I think the most important thing is that Marat respects Peter as a person and a coach. And Peter is a very dedicated and emotional man in Marats matches, thats what i like, too.
 
#22 ·
Marat has had good coaches before Peter, but as I have said before when the appointment was made it was a brilliant choice by Marat, though he had to be open enough to accept that things were going to be different and acting upon it.
 
#23 ·
GeorgeWHitler said:
Wow! I have officially reached absolute loser status and this is my 10 000th post
Congrats man! Finally you joined the mass gathering of losers! Be proud!

Next fact look at the common theme of the players he coached Rios, Federer and Marat, you could say he likes to work with talentless donkeys, but being quite a talented player who didn't always focus, that helps him in the approach that he has had with these types of players.
I heard that Peter was quite lazy when he was a player...He probably learned from his own mistakes...That's why he knows what to do with mental issues.

He's very successful as a coach because he knows better than anyone else how to fulfill his players' abilities.
Of course, we can say that they were already gifted...but despite having a perfect technique they are lost without mental conditionning.
Safin's fans know that the potential is not enough.
 
#24 ·
Yes, Bea that is true I remember having that same discussion in 2000 about him with a few friends and one of them mentioned the point that Peter was a very talented player, yet he was coaching another very talented player and how would the dynamics work and I said tactically he is quite good underneath that exterior. Unlike some coaches he doesn't want the spotlight and is there for his player.

The best thing about him was that he had enough of Rios and was just pissed off with him and left him and not the other way around.
 
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GeorgeWHitler said:
as a coach well I remember making fun of some of the Safinistas because when the results weren't coming that they should sack him and I just laughed, and the calls will happen again if he doesn't perform, but that's human nature.
Right...it's part of the human nature...Plus, we live in a consumer society. People have no patience anymore...They want everything...fast...

And when there's no result, it's always trainer's fault ...Football/soccer is the perfect example...How many coaches are fired when a team loses? :eek:
 
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