Fran Cerúndolo wants to restart his tennis and his mindset after a second Roland Garros in which he failed to meet expectations. Last year, he fell in the first round, and in this edition, he said goodbye in the third round when he had a very favorable draw to make it to the second week in Paris. However, in this clay court swing, he has not been able to showcase his best tennis, the one that led him to lift the title in Buenos Aires. And that has ended up affecting him mentally.
Fran Cerúndolo has decided to add another former tennis player to his team
In fact, he had several clashes with his coach, former player Pablo Cuevas, who left his corner during his defeat in Paris against Zachary Svajda. Faced with this situation, the Argentine, currently ranked 27th in the world, has decided to bring in Nicolás Massú to his team, who ended his collaboration with Hubert Hurkacz. The addition of the Chilean does not imply the departure of the Uruguayan; both will work together to try to recover the best version of the older Cerúndolo brother.
Now a grass court swing is coming up, with not many expectations considering that Cerúndolo has only won one match in his five appearances at Wimbledon. Therefore, it will be during the start of the North American hard court swing where we will begin to see the first influences of Massú, who, before being with the Polish player, managed to turn Dominic Thiem into one of the best tennis players in the world.
Francisco #Cerúndolo (#27) will reappear on the circuit at the @QueensTennis tournament. And he will do so with a new coach: the Chilean Nicolás Massú.
Pablo Cuevas also continues for now, with whom he had public clashes at @rolandgarros.
He has been training at Pilará. pic.twitter.com/KKKBdy7Sgn
— Sebastián Torok (@sebatorok) June 9, 2026
We will have to see the level that Cerúndolo shows in this second part of the season. After a first part in which, despite his desired title in Buenos Aires, he did not meet the expectations placed on him. Now he has six months ahead in which he will need to reconnect with himself, both in terms of tennis and mentally, and become that dangerous player capable of defeating anyone.
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Cerúndolo mueve ficha e incorpora a Massú en su equipo

