Tennis: Simona Halep falls on 6th place in WTA rankings. Coach Cahill suggests Halep should have less need to call him on court

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep will fall on the 6^th place in WTA rankings as of next Monday. The 5^th place will be taken over by Victoria Azarenka (Belarus).

In the two years while among the top five players, Halep has won tournaments in Bucharest (2014), Shenzhen, Dubai and Indian Wells (2015) and played the finals in Madrid, French Open and Champions Tournament (2014), Toronto and Cincinnati (2015).

The Romanian tennis player started 2016 on the 2^nd place, but her poor results at the Australian Open, Dubai and Doha, Indian Wells and Miami have placed her on lower positions.

Simona Halep was defeated on Tuesday by Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals at Miami Open.

Darren Cahill, Simona Halep’s coach, says he plans to use on-court coaching less as the two keep working together.

“I know I employ it on the WTA tour, with my role as the coach of Simona Halep,” he said. “We’re using it a lot at the moment, as she learns my ways and I learn more about her.”

But the Australian added that in the next few months, “I don’t think you’ll be seeing me use it as much with Simona,” tennis.com reports.

Cahill explained why he isn’t a huge proponent of the practice.

“You don’t get to use it at the Grand Slams,” he said, “and it’s very important that the players problem-solve by themselves.”

He suggested that Halep should have less of a need to call him on court. “A coach’s responsibility is to teach the player to solve the problems themselves, as well,” he said.