2024-03-28 12:23:41
News shocked the world of tennis. Novak Djokovicwinner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments in his entire career, confirmed that he separated from his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, after six years of working together in which they won 12 titles in the large tournaments of the men’s professional circuit.
“I clearly remember the moment when I invited Goran to be part of my team. It was in 2018, and Marian and I wanted to innovate and bring some magic with the serve to our duo,” were the first words that Nole used in his letter farewell to remember what the arrival of the Croatian tennis legend was like to join his staff.
“We not only brought serve, but also a lot of laughter, fun, year-end rankings as number 1, record-breaking achievements and 12 more Grand Slams (and a few finals) to the tally since then,” he added in relation to what It was the harvest of success with the former player who was crowned Wimbledon champion in 2001.
Djokovic’s decision comes two weeks after playing his last match at the Indian Wells Masters in which he lost to Italian Luca Nardi in the second round. Beyond that fall, the start of the 2024 season was not what the Serbian expected because fell in the semi-finals of the Australian Open -the Grand Slam where he won the most titles- against Jannik Sinnerthe subsequent champion, and then was absent from the Miami Open.
It must be remembered that, until the arrival of Ivanisevic, the 36-year-old Serbian was working with Marian Vajda (who is also not currently there) when he called the former Croatian player with whom he achieved a difference in his favor in the iconic sports fight against Roger Federer y Rafael Nadal to be the winningest of all time in men’s tennis.
In addition to the sporting triumphs, both went through the entire conflict that arose with Djokovic’s decision not to be vaccinated against COVID-19, which caused, for example, him to be deported from Australia before the start of the first Grand Slam of the tournament. season.
“Who am I to be angry with him? He is the best player in the history of tennis. Sometimes I can only get angry with him when he yells at us for no reason. When he loses a match, he always gives his best and tries. But it is not easy to deal with him when he is losing,” Ivanisevic once said about his relationship with one of the most glorified rackets in the history of the discipline.
“Goran and I decided to stop working together a few days ago. Our chemistry on the court had its ups and downs, but our friendship was always rock solid. Gthanks for all friend. I love you,” Djokovic wrote on his Instagram account.