Novak Djokovic ‘became tired of’ Goran Ivanisevic admits former coach

Djokovic announced that he would be parting ways with Ivanisevic last week, with their last tournament taking place at Indian Wells.

a new interview with Sport Klub, Ivanisevic went into detail about how the split came about and the ‘material fatigue’ that ensued over time, “I mean, there isn’t really a ‘real’ reason. One reason is indeed a sense of saturation/fatigue, this really was a difficult and intense five years. People forget that period during the coronavirus, they forget that he was at one moment labelled as the greatest villain on the planet because of his vaccination status.

So then we weren’t allowed in this country, then that country, then we travel over here… I mean, we were always in some sort of limbo – playing, not playing, ready again, then changing restrictions which forbid us from playing and we can’t travel there. Not to mention Australia and all of that mayhem.”

Ivanisevic added, “So yes, we reached a certain level of saturation, as I like to say: ‘material fatigue’, just as a car needs a regular service and tune up, basically I became tired of him, he became tired of me; in any case I didn’t feel like I could help him anymore. Even so, when we add it all up together, we achieved great things for ourselves and for tennis.”

Both Djokovic and Ivanisevic have made it very clear that it is only their professional relationship that has come to an end, with their friendship continuing post coaching split