Magnus Norman is the successor to Cahill, the Swede was Wawrinka's historic coach

The entry into the Jannik Sinner team of the Swede Magnus Norman, former world number 2, coach of Stan Wawrinka during all three Slams won, is official. The Swede and former world number 2 will join the South Tyrolean team at the beginning of next month, working alongside Simone Vagnozzi.

Born in 1976, Norman's playing career ended very early, at just 27 years old, after victories in Rome, in the Davis Cup and also a Roland Garros final. Hence the choice to become a coach, with the historic collaboration with the Swiss Wawrinka, who retired this year.

The portrait of Norman that emerges from those who know him well on the tennis court is that of a much less dogmatic coach than one might think: few complications, a lot of listening ability, an enormous work ethic and above all a rare quality at the highest level, that of transmitting calm and confidence. "From a technical point of view he is very prepared, obviously. But - explains to Supertennis Gianluca Marchiori, a 35-year-old from Brescia, coach of the Good to Great Tennis Academy in Stockholm for 12 years - his great quality is that he adapts very much to the player. He doesn't try to force the player into his method: he does the opposite. When he coached Stan he had one way of working, when he coached Soderling he had another."