Lendl goes from Slam champ Murray to finding future champs

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The tall, barrel-chested guy in the dark sunglasses and blue hat offered soothing, supportive words to his two teenage pupils while hitting them tennis balls out of a basket.

Under an azure sky interrupted only occasionally by wisps of white cotton clouds, the man running the practice session on Court 16 at the U.S. Tennis Association National Campus looked and sounded very much like any 50-something coach on any public court.

"OK, Martin," Ivan Lendl — yes, THAT Ivan Lendl — encouraged, "try do better than last time." Sending shots to the players' forehands, Lendl said: "OK, Emilio, see if you can match the previous one. It was fantastic.