'Novak Djokovic may take a break until clay season,' said Goran Ivanisevic

World no. 1 Novak Djokovic is yet to decide about his upcoming schedule, achieving his goals in the opening three months of the new season and hoping to heel his injury.

Novak's coach Goran Ivanisevic believes that his pupil will stay away from the court until the clay season. Djokovic will undergo another MRI in two weeks, and he and his team will build the schedule around those results. Novak suffered an injury during the Australian Open and did his best to complete the tournament and lift the ninth Melbourne Park trophy.

"It is realistic to say he won't play before clay season. It depends on the injury as well, but there is no need to rush it. The only tournament that he would play is maybe Miami. I think his next MRI is in two weeks, and we will decide after that. There is no need to take any risks. I would rather see him 100% ready for the clay season to try to go after the Roland Garros title once more. If you look at Novak's schedule in the last five or six years, it is not as if he was playing a bunch of tournaments.

I do not think one can focus on Majors alone since you need to have good preparation and a positive feeling going into those two weeks. For instance, Novak felt great about himself before the Australian Open because of the two tough ATP Cup matches. I am sure that he will play a couple of tournaments on clay before Roland Garros, one grass tournament before Wimbledon, and then there are Olympics before the US Open.

We will see about indoors, but on a yearly level, he might play two or three tournaments less, which is not a significant change," Goran Ivanisevic said.