Roman Borvanov

• Top 200 in the world in singles

• Won 13 professional tournaments

• Became first Moldovan to reach top 200

“I've been on the tour for almost four years after playing 3 years of tennis at NCAA Division 1 program, University of Portland.

My career high ranking was right around 350 in the world on the ATP tour rankings list in the summer of 2008.

I met Jason about a year ago. He is the coach of my doubles partner, Artiom Sitak.

His serve and forehand have improved drastically and his game has become much more solid overall.

After losing in the first round of qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, I was getting desperate and couldn’t figure out why I was struggling so much and couldn’t get a breakthrough that so many people talk about.

After the match, Jason and I discussed the match and my career and my goals.

I was intrigued by what he was saying so we got on the court together to just hit a few balls and see what he had to offer.

I started getting a lot of new perspectives on my game and a lot of feedback and things started to make sense in my head for the first time.

I started looking at the game differently and in a more simple manner. I started seeing what separated the top pros from the rest of the guys and he showed me how I could achieve that level myself.

As I write this, I’ve only worked with Jason for seven days and I’m already hitting the ball a lot harder and cleaner with less effort. I move and see the ball better. I’m much more focused and thinking much more about tactics and strategy on the court.

My only wish is that I had started working with Jason earlier in my career”