Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
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Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion, is the new member of Novak Djokovic's team.
The news surprised many, especially since there were no indications that something like that will happen, but they have been confirmed by Ivanisevic himself.
Novak Djokovic had a scheduled training at 2 pm today, which was attended by the usual members of his team, led by Marian Vajda, but also a new face, Goran Ivanisevic.
That immediately started speculation that he will join Novak's team.
As soon as they finished the training, Ivanisevic confirmed to the Serbian media that the information is correct.
"Looks like I am", he answered the question whether he is the new member of Novak Djokovic's team.
The former world number two then explained how it happened.
"A bit unexpected call, it happened few days ago, it surprised me a bit because I was just travelling to Sweden. Nole wanted me to come sooner, but I had a senior tournament in Sweden which I agreed on previously. So I finished on Saturday, and now I came to the first training and unfortunately it looks like I will be here only for the first week. I have obligations again which I am trying to postpone, but there are so many things that... However, when one Novak Djokovic calls you, then a lot of things are put aside. It means a great deal, it's a great recognition for me as a coach because he doesn't choose anyone or because he likes you, he chooses you if you can help him", spoke Ivanisevic.
He said that he is happy to receive the call from the world number one.
"I am happy they chose me, and Marian agreed with that. The first training was super, we hope this cooperation will last", added Ivanisevic.
After that, the former tennis player from Split spoke about his impressions on the first training with Novak.
"This is some kind of getting to know each other. I mean, we know each other from before, I was with him on the court plenty of times but from the other side, for the first time I am on his side. We talked a bit about my view of some things, the technique, so now we will get to know each other and sit and see what next"
He didn't want to reveal what his tennis radar revealed regarding Djokovic's game.
"We will speak about that some other time. The important thing is that Novak is good mentally and ready to defend the title. Kohlschreiber is a good opponent for the first round, you have to respect him, but Novak is in excellent state. I can see he is sort of "clean". The loss to Thiem in Paris shook him a little bit, but I think he is the first favorite, if everything is alright, I think he will defend the title", concluded Ivanisevic.
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Hopefully, the new #NoleFam member will be right.
Idemo, for the 5th time...
The news surprised many, especially since there were no indications that something like that will happen, but they have been confirmed by Ivanisevic himself.
Novak Djokovic had a scheduled training at 2 pm today, which was attended by the usual members of his team, led by Marian Vajda, but also a new face, Goran Ivanisevic.
That immediately started speculation that he will join Novak's team.
As soon as they finished the training, Ivanisevic confirmed to the Serbian media that the information is correct.
"Looks like I am", he answered the question whether he is the new member of Novak Djokovic's team.
The former world number two then explained how it happened.
"A bit unexpected call, it happened few days ago, it surprised me a bit because I was just travelling to Sweden. Nole wanted me to come sooner, but I had a senior tournament in Sweden which I agreed on previously. So I finished on Saturday, and now I came to the first training and unfortunately it looks like I will be here only for the first week. I have obligations again which I am trying to postpone, but there are so many things that... However, when one Novak Djokovic calls you, then a lot of things are put aside. It means a great deal, it's a great recognition for me as a coach because he doesn't choose anyone or because he likes you, he chooses you if you can help him", spoke Ivanisevic.
He said that he is happy to receive the call from the world number one.
"I am happy they chose me, and Marian agreed with that. The first training was super, we hope this cooperation will last", added Ivanisevic.
After that, the former tennis player from Split spoke about his impressions on the first training with Novak.
"This is some kind of getting to know each other. I mean, we know each other from before, I was with him on the court plenty of times but from the other side, for the first time I am on his side. We talked a bit about my view of some things, the technique, so now we will get to know each other and sit and see what next"
He didn't want to reveal what his tennis radar revealed regarding Djokovic's game.
"We will speak about that some other time. The important thing is that Novak is good mentally and ready to defend the title. Kohlschreiber is a good opponent for the first round, you have to respect him, but Novak is in excellent state. I can see he is sort of "clean". The loss to Thiem in Paris shook him a little bit, but I think he is the first favorite, if everything is alright, I think he will defend the title", concluded Ivanisevic.
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Hopefully, the new #NoleFam member will be right.
Idemo, for the 5th time...
