Sydney: Australia number one Lleyton Hewitt would be interested in hiring Tony Roche following the coach's sudden split from Roger Federer, his manager said in Monday.
Hewitt, who has struggled with form and a back injury since winning the Las Vegas Open in March, has been without a fulltime coach since Roger Rasheed quit the job shortly before the Australian Open in January.
His compatriot Roche had coached world number one Federer on a part-time basis from 2005, but the pair parted ways on Saturday, just two weeks before the French Open. Australian newspapers have speculated that Roche may link up with Hewitt and the player's manager David Drysdale told reporters the former world number one would be interested.
"I think he does need that little bit of extra support with him, I know he's getting frustrated at the moment because he's doing a lot of work and he's not getting the results," Drysdale told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
"There's been no contact at the moment no, I'll be having a talk to Lleyton over the next couple of nights and seeing whether he would like me to chase up Tony and see what's going on and then we'll talk to Tony and just go from there." Hewitt held the top ranking for a total of 80 weeks from 2001 to 2003 but has not won a grand slam title in almost five years and has slipped to 22nd in the world.
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