A backstory on the split between Novak Djokovic and Goran Ivanisevic pops up.

Backstory pops up on the split between Novak Djokovic and Goran Ivanisevic

The website of the magazine “Il Tennis Italiano” reports the reasons that, according to the website Sportskeeda, led to the sensational separation between Novak Djokovic and his coach Goran Ivanisevic.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was allegedly a very heavy quarrel during the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, caused by the Serbian world No. 1’s great dissatisfaction with his staff, moreover expressed countless times during his recent matches, and his consequent lack of commitment to training, although the latter, for those who know him, seems absolutely unbelievable.

Moreover, another reason for friction would be Nole’s idea of inuning the Wimbledon tournament in order to concentrate on the clay season, which will have its double culmination with Roland Garros and the Olympic Games, which will be played precisely on the courts of the Parisian Slam.

This means that Djokovic would give up his bid to tie Roger Federer’s record of eight Championships won in order to chase, like the great patriot he has always been, the only major trophy he lacks, and that is Olympic gold, for his country’s colors. In four participations in the Games, the Serbian must so far settle for a paltry bronze, won moreover on his debut in the very distant 2008. Then più nothing.

Sportskeeda also points out that Djokovic has very often changed the head of his technical staf in the run-up to the Olympics: in 2016 before Rio it was Boris Becker’s turn to leave, in 2021 before Tokyo to his longtime coach Marian Vajda, who had already been dumped by Nole and then recalled, and who is now among the candidates for a third “term” as Nole’s coach along with Serbia’s non-playing Davis Cup captain Viktor Troicki.