Robin Soderling has hired Italian Claudio Pistolesi as his new coach, the Swedish press reported. No. 5 Soderling recently split with Magnus Norman.
Pistolesi briefly coached Monica Seles, his former wife, Anna Smashnova, Ai Sugiyama, Davide Sanguinetti, Simone Bolelli and Michael Berrer.
Soderling apparently attempted to hire a Swede to coach him, but Fredrik Rosengren is said to be no longer interested in coaching on tour; Peter Lundgren is now coaching Stan Wawrinka and Thomas Högstedt is now co-coaching Maria Sharapova. All were said to have turned down offers. Norman and Thomas Johannson both had praise for Pistolesi.—Matthew Cronin