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A partnership that had helped fashion British sporting history came to an end on a chilly November day at Andy Murray’s house in Surrey. Dani Vallverdu had gone for a chat with the friend he met as a young teenager at Barcelona tennis academy and whom he assisted to the US Open, Olympic and Wimbledon titles. Five years of living out of each other’s pockets was over. ‘We sat and talked for a few hours and that was it, a calm conversation,’ said Vallverdu, speaking for the first time about his exit from Team Murray following the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Getting over that hurdle I really think helped him win the US Open and
Wimbledon.