Agassi coach Cahill now on the job market Tuesday, September 5 2006 15:10 Hrs (IST) - World Time -
New York:
Despite speculation that he might ultimately handle Roger Federer or Andy Murray, former Andre Agassi coach Darren Cahill is keeping his future career options wide open.
The 40-year-old Australian who worked for four-and-a-half years with the now-retired Agassi will be leaving Las Vegas in a month or so and taking his young family back home to Adelaide.
While reports have indicated that multimillionaire Aagssi would surely have a place for Cahill in his growing business empire, nothing is settled for the coach.
"I'll have to sit down and try to evaluate what's ahead for me," Cahill told Australian media as Agassi ended his glittering career at the US Open with a third-round loss to German Benjamin Becker.
"I have no predetermined plans. I'm not closed on remaining in a coaching role but I'm certainly going to sit back and evaluate where my and my family's life heads from here," he said.
"I am available to talk about anything," he said.
As talk has swirled of a vacancy in the elite coaching ranks, world number 1 Federer has said he is perfectly content with current mentor Tony Roche.
Young Scot Murray has only recently hooked up with American Brad Gilbert, who coached Agassi before Cahill as well as taking Andy Roddick to number 1, three years ago.
Cahill was also an early coach of Australian Lleyton Hewitt, both Adelaide natives.