Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi

The award to the Best Sportsman of the Year (MDA)

Teleton 2008

The "Tri" of Fernando González: Better chosen Sportsman of the Year

For third consecutive year, the "Bombardero" remained with the award that his national pairs deliver. The silver in Beijing was his summit in 2008.

The best Chilean tennis player of the ATP again gained the award to the Best Sportsman of the Year (MDA), award delivered based on the voting of the rest of the sportsmen of the different disciplines.

The "Bombardero de La Reina" had 2008 marked by the medal of silver obtained in the Olympic Games of Peking, occasion in which it fell down before the number 1, Rafael Nadal, performance that was the top of his performance this period and that was recognized by his pairs.

In the voting, the tennis player overcame to others that they were postulating like probable winners, like the pitcher of the bullet, Natalia Ducó, the motorcyclist Francisco "Vest" López, the golfer Felipe Aguilar or the motorist Pablo Donoso.

"I thank those who voted for me, since they are they those who deliver these awards. In the tennis I take many years and it is difficult to motivate much more, but these big stimuli, than the people and than my pairs, they give me energies to keep on competing. I hope to return next year", affirmed the tennis player after receiving the award.

The "Bombardero" during 2008 there was entitled champion of the tournaments ATP of Viña del Mar and Munich, in addition to being a quarter-finalist in Roland Garros, Beijing, Tokyo and Vienna.

It aims at high place in 2009

The best national racket, Fernando González (15) admitted that he would like finishing the period 2009 as top have and that still dream of gaining a Grand Slam. Also Feña spoke about the process to choose a new trainer and of the series of Cup Davis before Croatia.

A finished advance of what will be his period 2009 realized the best national racket, Fernando González (15), where not only he spoke about for what he waits in the circuit, but in addition to the election of his new trainer and of the challenge of Cup Davis before Croatia. Bombardero did a break in his pre-season to realize an analysis of what hopes for this year tenístiño that it is prompt to begin. "To end between the ten, I believe that last four years I have been quite solid and Grand Slam I am aiming at high place in and hope to gain one, it would be a sleep", he admitted. On the election of his new trainer he affirmed that "today I am looking, I do not want to worry, have had some contacts, but there is yet nothing concrete. I am in search, but without so much I purify".

About the details in which it is fixed at the time of a technician looks, Fernando told that "I like looking for behind and to see what is what they have done, with whom they have been and if they have had a player who has progressed in his tennis. I want a trainer to keep on improving my tennis". Between his priorities for 2009 there is the Cup Davis, where González admitted that Chile has a hard hug with Croatia as the World Group, nevertheless, he trusts that the team led by Hans Gildemeister will have the weapon as to give fight to the Balkan ones. "We raise the World Group, where we should not have gone down it is me who believes, but this way it is the tennis, what it already spent happened, we have a very difficult series against Croatia, but I believe that we have possibilities".

To finish, González wanted to refer to the retirement of the activity tenнstica, a possibility that it sees distant since he feels that it has sane for moment. "Physically I am in my best moment and mentally I have a lot of experience and I am with desire. I believe that the retirement does not walk not close to my head". The silver medalist in Beijing inicirб his year 2009 in the tournament of exhibition Kooyong Classic, which will be disputed from January 14 until January 17 and which will be provided also with the presence of Roger Federer. Undoubtedly a good antechamber for his first big challenge: the Open sea of Australia.

Fernando González threatens: "Now I feel different"

The tennis player number assures one of Chile to be in a hundred per cent physically and with "many desire" of doing a big period 2009.

With the overloaded batteries, literally. This way it is possible to define the current moment through that the tennis player number lives one of Chile, Fernando González.

It has been two weeks since it initiated his pre-season work, under the orders of his trainer Carlos Burgos, thinking of improving realized this period.

After his kinesiology meeting in the Clinic Meds, this Thursday the player native to La Reina had a time to analyze with Emol 2008 that ends already.

According to 15 ° of the ATP "was a very good period, with high places and shallows, but the balance in general is positive. I gained the final in Vineyard of Sea and disputed the golden medal in the Olympic Games, that makes me very similar".

Aunque reconoce que sus expectativas en el ranking eran mayores. "Esperaba jugar el Masters y terminar entre los diez mejores, pero el tenis es súper competitivo y estoy tranquilo porque hice el máximo esfuerzo y no dio para más, aunque igual estoy con muchas ganas y confianza para el 2009".

- What was the negative of 2008?

"It had divided that I did not play very well, I was not feeling competing of the way that I like being. But equal it is necessary to understand that there are many championships during the year and one wears out with so much trip, although I must learn of these things to change and to improve much more".

- How has the pre-season been?

"Very good. We have had a lot of time to work and I have felt better than other years. Now I feel different. To have taken longer holidays they helped me to clear me and to rest mentally and to start from the beginning".

- When do you finish the pre-season?

"In two more weeks we finish the most technical part and January 10 traveled to Australia to begin the period. I am going to play an exhibition in the Melbourne, then the Australian Open sea, Vineyard and a tournament before the Cup Davis".

- Do not you still realize well who will your new technician be?

"No hay nada claro, pero estoy súper tranquilo, ya que lo más importante es como se siente uno. Estoy en un gran momento y con muchas ganas por lo que viene".

- What would be the profile of the person for that you are looking?

"There is no exact profile. I believe that I worked already with different schools and learned much of them. More that a profile is to find the suitable person, someone who can what is to travel, compete and take a career of a player of high level".

- Did you surprise to finish the work with Larry Stefanki?

"Not, we were taking a lot of together time and had an agreement until May. But all good is, I am very grateful of him as he of me. We did big things and everything finished in good terms".

- Is the possibility that you begin a tournament without coach?

"It is always. I have played many tournaments in my life and that goes without technician is not going to change to one so much. It is not the idea, but if it is necessary I it go to do".

- What is your goal for 2009?

"The same everlasting: to come to the Master's degrees and to end between the ten.

- Are you going to privilege the biggest tournaments?

"This is the idea. To play a bit less, since when it is having one more years in the circuit more it is costing you. That's why I want to privilege the most important championships and compete the just thing".