By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday July 4, 2025
They are saying one of many keys to being a very good coach shouldn’t be being afraid to be fired. Goran Ivanisevic is clearly in that class. The Croatian legend, and man that guided Novak Djokovic to half of his 24 Grand Slam titles, has despatched some scathing commentary within the path of his Greek cost, Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Talking to Sport Klub, he mentioned:
“If he solves some issues outdoors of tennis then he has an opportunity of being again the place he belongs as a result of he’s too good a participant to be out of the highest 10. If not, then he has no probability. My responsibility is to repair some technical issues on the courtroom, that’s the simplest factor. This different stuff he has to repair on his personal. If he does it, I sincerely hope he does, whether or not I’m right here or not.”
Goran Ivanisevic spoke out in opposition to Stefanos Tistispas after a month of collaboration:“He retains saying ‘I need, I need,’ however I do not see any progress. I used to be shocked; I’ve by no means seen a participant so poorly ready in my life. With my knee, I am 3 times higher ready than him.” pic.twitter.com/Eb07CslyDm
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When requested: “Does he need to?” Ivanisevic replied: “That’s a very good query. He does need it, however he isn’t doing something about it. It’s all ‘I need it, I need it’ however he isn’t doing something about it. He has to resolve his again problem. I used to be shocked. I’ve by no means seen such an underprepared participant in my life.”
Ivanisevic was on the helm as Tsitsipas went 1-2 within the grass-court season. The Greek pulled the plug on his first-round match at Wimbledon because of a again damage, after falling behind Valentin Royer, two units to like.
Ivanisevic appears to imagine that Tsitsipas, who’s at present ranked 26, and carries a 19-13 file on the season, could possibly be doing much more to get himself into higher kind.
“Me with this dangerous knee, I used to be 3 times readier. I don’t know what he was doing this yr, but it surely was dangerous.”
No phrase on whether or not the pair will proceed to work collectively for the laborious courtroom season.
