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Tennis Podcast: Inside the world of Team Cilic through the eyes of Jonas Bjorkman

 Croatia's Marin Cilic waves to the crowd - AFP
Croatia's Marin Cilic waves to the crowd - AFP

Two years ago, Jonas Bjorkman was part of the Andy Murray coaching team. Now, he is a key cog in Team Marin Cilic, who is into the quarterfinals of the Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club.

In the latest daily Tennis Podcast from Queen’s, Bjorkman joins presenters Catherine Whitaker and Gigi Salmon to talk about life with the big Croatian, who won the US Open in 2014.

For starters, they call him The President of the team, although Bjorkman jokes ‘actually he is more like a Dictator’. Cilic apparently started a punishments process for any member of the team that is late for team dinners etc. “I was quite pleased,” said Bjorkman. “Marin was late twice this week.”

Bjorkman also talks about Cilic’s chances of winning the Aegon Championships title again, having lifted the giant silver trophy in 2012, and the many applications he receives to be his doubles partner. 

We also hear from Daniil Medvedev, one of the members of the ATP’s #NextGen group of 21-and-under players after reaching the last eight. Medvedev faces 2014 champion Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals.

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