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‘A true blue Aussie’: Tennis greats pay tribute to coach Bob Brett – Sydney Morning Herald
Bob Brett, a tennis coach whose players included major champions Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Marin Cilic, has died. He was 67.
“Bob Brett’s passing is a great loss to tennis,” said Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley. “He was an exceptional coach and widely admired. Bob guided all level of players to success from grand slam champions to those starting out in the sport he loved so dearly.”
Another famous tennis mentor, Nick Bollettieri, described Brett as “much more than a tennis coach”.
“He had a sixth sense about how to reach each player right where they were and make them better players and better people. My…
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