Ivanisevic hits back at Kyrgios after Djokovic comments: 'You can come on the court and do whatever you want, but you need to respect your opponent'
Tennis NewsWednesday, 25 September 2019 at 17:04
Goran Ivanisevic has hit back at Nick Kyrgios' previous comments aimed at Novak Djokovic by saying that he should give respect to the World No.1.
Ivanisevic, a former Grand Slam champion and current coach of Djokovic, said that he can do what he wants as long as he respects his opponents on court and that he should be in the top five and winning Grand Slams but he is not.
“It’s bad because I don’t think Novak did anything wrong to him,” Ivanisevic told the Telegraph.
“He decides to pick on Novak for no reason. You can come on the court and do whatever you want, but you need to respect your opponent.
“He speaks a lot about Novak, only he knows the reason.”
“He should just take care of himself because he should be in the top five, he could win a grand slam.” Ivanisevic stated.
“He’s never going to win a grand slam with the approach he has now.
“If he could change it that would be great for him and for tennis.”
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