We now know why Lleyton Hewitt moved his family to the Gold Coast. The Hewitts bought a $4 million home there to provide better training opportunities for their son, Cruz Hewitt. The young Hewitt has been making a name for himself as a junior and many think that he has the potential to have a bigger tennis career than his dad.

Lleyton was impressed by the number of tennis centers along the Gold coast. There are many grass, clay and, hard courts in the area and there are many opportunities to train on multiple surfaces.

Gold coast is also home to the KDV tennis academy, which is based in Carrara. The academy run by Russian businessman Denis Shtengelov. It is understood that Cruz Hewitt will train at the KDV tennis academy as part of its high performance program. The academy is often used by many top players including Ashleigh Barty.

Clay is Cruz Hewitt‘s favorite surface. He won the junior tennis clay-court title in singles and doubles earlier this year. He plays a style of tennis that is reminiscent of the Lleyton Hewitt.

Peter Polansky has taken over as Shapovalov’s top coach after Shapovalov split with  Jamie Delgado. Peter Polansky is a former Canadian tennis player whose top singles ranking peaked at world number 110.

Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov is previously coached by Jamie Delgado. Jamie Delgado was Andy Murray‘s coach for more than five years. Delgado played a key part in Andy’s Murray’s second Wimbledon title and helped him reach the top of the world rankings.

Prior to working with Delgado, Shapovalov worked with former Top 10 player Mikhail Youzhny. Youzhny has been widely credited with bringing discipline to Shapovalov’s game. Before his partnership with Youzhny, Shapovalov played flashy tennis, which often resulted in high number of unforced errors.

Mikhail Youzhny is a two-time grand slam semifinalist who reached a peak ranking of world number 8 in 200. He won 10 ATP titles in his career.

Between 2018 and 2019, Denis Shapovalov was coached by Rob Steckley. He then worked with Adriano Fuorivia, who coached him as a junior.

Shapovalov was introduced to the sport by his mother Tessa Shapovalova, who is a tennis coach. She was part of the Soviet Union national tennis team. She still travels with Shapovalov to tournaments and is a key member of his team.