Novak Djokovic to serve as Serbia's coach at the 2022 ATP Cup

Former pro Viktor Troicki usually handles everything that is related to the Serbian national team in tennis but at the 2022 ATP Cup, he will be replaced by a familiar face. Troicki is unlikely to travel with the rest of the team to Australia for his head coaching duties due to a lack of need for it. In an interview with Sportski Zurnal in Serbia Troicki explained:

"As a head coach at this competition, I don't get asked much and I don't believe that I will go. The coach does not decide anything, because the first and second automatically play singles, there are no changes. Only if one of them gets injured can someone replace them. I don't decide anything. I am not going, for now."

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That is why there is the possibility that Novak will find himself in Viktor's role because when there is no coach, that position is taken over by the best-ranked tennis player in singles. Or, if he decides that - his own coach can be promoted to that position, which would mean that Goran Ivanisevic could lead Serbia. On January 1, Serbia will embark on a campaign to defend the ATP Cup title, with Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic, Nikola Cacic, and Ivan Sabanov.