“We're going to focus on the physical”: what's Arthur Cazaux's program after his defeat at the Open Occitanie and a first month of competition ?

Cazaux reprendra la compétition en Challenger. Midi Libre – Giacomo Italiano

Eliminated in the round of 16 of the Open Occitanie on Wednesday, January 29, Arthur Cazaux will have a week of training before returning to competition.

The day after his new setback against Félix Auger-Aliassime in the second round of the Open Occitanie on Wednesday, Arthur Cazaux will not return to competition immediately. After a month of competition between Australia and Montpellier, the Hérault native did not line up for the ATP250 tournament in Marseille, nor for the qualifications for the ATP500 in Rotterdam.

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Cazaux will resume his season in Bahrain at the Manama Challenger before competing in the ATP250 qualifiers in Doha. All in order to have enough rest time between Doha and the start of the American tour with the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells.

Raymond with Cazaux

What will the world number 101 have on the schedule for the week before heading to the Arabian Peninsula? “There will be a small block of training, we will try to work on everything. But of course, we will focus on the physical”, replies his coach Sam Sumyk.

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As agreed since the beginning of their collaboration, the latter will return to California this Monday where he lives, before meeting his player at the time of the American tour. Before that, Cazaux will be accompanied by Laurent Raymond, national coach at the French Tennis Federation.