Darren Cahill’s life is simpler now: fewer players and egos to juggle, fewer conflicts of interest to manage. But in what remains the age of Serena Williams until proven otherwise, life is hardly without its challenges.
How to reel in an all-time great, perhaps the all-time great? And how to make Simona Halep, Cahill’s new primary responsibility, truly believe that she has what it takes to win her first Grand Slam title?
With the Australian Open set to begin on Monday, Cahill declined to talk in depth about Halep, 24, and the women’s draw.