Goran
Ivanisevic shed light on which players he would like to work with after parting
ways with
Novak Djokovic. The former world No. 2 began working with Nole in
2018, and since then, they secured 12 Grand Slam titles. However, following
Djokovic's surprising defeat in the round of 32 at
Indian Wells, the Serbian
decided to end their professional relationship.
Ivanisevic
previously worked with
Marin Cilic, Tomas Berdych,
Milos Raonic, and Fabrice
Santoro, all of whom he coached when they were already established as top-level
players on the tour. But now, the Croatian expressed his desire to work with a
young tennis player in the future, although he plans to take a few months off
first.
"I'm
resting, I'll go with my son to the European Football Championship, then Umag,
then the summer... I'm going back to the Tour for sure, but I'll see with whom.
It will probably be a young tennis player," Ivanisevic said.
On the
other hand, Djokovic still does not have an official coach but has been working
under the guidance of former doubles world No. 1 Nenad Zminjic, who accompanied
him at the
Monte-Carlo Masters. Regarding this, Ivanisevic voiced his support
for maintaining their association.
"Ziki
and I are great friends; we talk to each other every day. He doesn't need a
better man than him. They know each other very well; the culture is the same.
Ziki was his selector; he knows his soul, and he needs a man who knows him
well. I'm glad they're doing well; I'll be the one cheering them on. I repeat,
we will be friends forever," Ivanisevic said.