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Ronen Morley has been named captain of the federation team Israel today

2022-02-15T12:31:37.833Z


The former Davis national team coach will also be in charge of the women's tennis reserve team and the young reserve team, the union announced today.


As part of the new professional program.

The Tennis Association announced today (Tuesday) the appointment of Ronen Morley as captain of the Israel Federation team.

As part of his role, Morley will also be in charge of the women's and young women's reserve team.

Morley has been a tennis coach for over 30 years, previously coaching the Davis team, coaching at the Wingate Institute National Academy in the 1990s and mentoring Andy Ram, Yoni Erlich, Harel Levy, Noam Okon and Amir Hadad, among others.

In the past year, Morley has been on the coaching staff of Lina Glushko, Israel's senior tennis player, who during this period jumped about 300 places in the world rankings into the top 400.

Last May, Morley also won the "State Honor Coach" award at a ceremony held at the President's House.

Alongside Morley, Sandra Wasserman will serve as the team's coach, a role she has performed at recent federation meetings.

Morley's first task will be as early as next April in the House 2 tournament of the Billy Jin King Cup (formerly the Federation Cup), which will take place in Finland, after two years without games in this framework due to the Corona.

Avi Peretz, chairman of the Tennis Association: "We are happy about the return of Ronen Morley after many years to the new professional program.

Ronen is an important and additional tier in the strategic change of the Tennis Association and he brings with him vast knowledge and extensive professional experience from the years he worked with our best tennis players and he will contribute greatly to returning Israeli tennis to the forefront of the international stage.

We are happy that the professional program has been launched and additional appointments of valuable and positive professionals are expected for whom tennis in Israel is important. "

Ronen Morley: "Representing the team for me is one of the highlights of my professional career and I am very happy to contribute my experience to build. The last time I was part of the team was in 2009 as the Davis team coach and one of my most important values ​​is root value, being connected to the country and playing for the flag. The goal is to form a team, strengthen team value and build a foundation of healthy competitiveness based on empathy. "

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Source: israelhayom

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