Croatian Goran Ivanisevic, who was fired as Novak Djokovic’s coach last week, revealed to Tennis Majors who would be the ideal coach for the Serb.
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“I don’t know how long Novak plans to keep playing, but the perfect person is with him at the moment – Ziki (Nenad Zimonjic),” said Ivanisevic: “He’s a great friend of mine, we’ve been through a lot together and I love him. He has a vast knowledge of tennis, but most importantly he knows Novak very well.”
“Right now, Novak doesn’t need someone completely new, who doesn’t already know him. Let’s say 10 days go by, Novak ‘goes crazy’ and this new coach is left wondering what’s going on,” he said, laughing.
“I have a theory: a man from the Balkans can coach anyone, but only someone from our region can coach a player from the Balkans. Marian (Vajda) is Slovak, we are close and know each other well. Boris (Becker) also worked well with Novak, but his tennis IQ is off the charts.”
“Ziki can help you in tennis. Novak already knows everything, but it will be refreshing for him to perhaps hear the same thing from someone else, with a different approach. Ziki knows Novak’s mentality very well, they collaborated on the Davis Cup too,” he said.
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