Lehecka ends association with Berdych

World No 36 Jiri Lehecka has ended his association with former world No 4 Tomas Berdych. Lehecka began training under Berdych during the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters and announced the split on Monday.

The development comes after Berdych recently took over Czechia’s Davis Cup captaincy from Jaroslav Navratil, whose son Michal Navratil remains in Lehecka’s team as a coach.

“As of today, by mutual agreement, I have ended my cooperation with Tomas Berdych, with whom I have been working since the Monte-Carlo 2023 tournament,” Lehecka wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

The Czech, however, looked forward to learning from the veteran during national duty:

“Our paths are not diverging, though. We will continue to work with Tomas within the Davis Cup team.”

“I wish him much success and many victories in his new role as the Davis Cup team captain,” he added in the thread.

In January this year, Berdych helped the 22-year-old claim his maiden tour title at Adelaide International, which propelled him to his career-high ranking of world No 23.

Lehecka noted that the rest of his team remains the same:

“My team otherwise remains the same, with coach Michal Navratil, fitness coach Radek Stepanek, and physiotherapist Carlos Manuel Baptista Carvalho. The general manager of the team is Roman Vik and the agent is Pierre Christen.”

He concluded the thread by posting a picture in which he can be seen practising with Berdych.

“Thank you, Tomas,” Berdych wrote.

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