Overview

• The AAT’s protocol, agreed in May, permits the Davis Cup captain to provide professional assistance to a player for a maximum of four weeks per event during coaching transitions.
• Frana arrived in Cincinnati on August 6 to begin his assignment with Etcheverry following the latter’s split with Horacio De la Peña two weeks earlier.
• Pending Etcheverry’s request and Frana’s availability, the support could extend to the US Open and include training sessions in Buenos Aires.
• Under the protocol’s neutrality safeguards, the captain will remain neutral and off-strategy if Etcheverry faces another Argentine opponent.
• The initiative aims to ensure coaching continuity at critical season junctures and to prepare top players ahead of Argentina’s upcoming Davis Cup ties in Groningen.