Sinner, the risk he’s taking at this point is very high indeed: there’s not much to go on, if he says so then it’s true.
About a month ago, totally unexpected news shocked the tennis world. Overnight, the world number 1 broke up with his longtime coach, Goran Ivanisevic. A worthy heir to the Croatian coach has not yet arrived on Nole’s bench. And it is not certain, to tell the truth, that Novak Djokovic wants to rely on someone.
In fact, he has said in recent days that he feels free, at this point in his career, not to be coached by anyone. It is not known, therefore, although the name of Nenad Zimonjic as his papable new coach continues to circulate with some insistence, whether the Serb will do his own thing or, instead, open the doors of his team wide to a new coach. What is certain is that the breakup with Goran has confirmed, in case there was still any residual doubt, that Nole is going through a rather delicate moment.
It seems that behind the farewell was the fact that he was no longer listening to Goran and was not training as recommended by his coach. We don’t know whether things turned out that way or not, but we do know that Ivanisevic, in the past few days, opened up to the microphones of Sportal.blic, letting loose some rather important statements about his former protégé.
The battle against Djokovic is won by Sinner: Ivanisevic’s word
The coach was asked about Nole’s present and future and this was his answer on the subject, “Training is one thing, matches are another. You have to train. I see a lot of people criticizing him for his lack of motivation, but this man has broken all records, won everything he could win, and it’s not easy to get motivated again and again. If you don’t train, you can’t expect great things. “
“He’s a genius and he adapts easily to matches, and if you tie his hands and feet there are players he will beat, but against these two, namely Sinner and Alcaraz, it’s a little more difficult.” “But I repeat it for the umpteenth time,” Ivanisevic finally noted, “it all depends on him, his motivation, where he plays and how he presents himself on the court.
He does not seem to believe either, in short, in the possibility that Nole can “get back up” and start fighting like he used to. Always assuming he cares, since he has been more than clear on the matter: his priority now is no longer sports, but family. And always assuming Jannik and Carlitos let him do that…