In an interview for TennisNet, Coach Sasha Bajin, new technician of Karolina Pliskova, was encouraged to predict who will make up the top 3 of the classification of the ATP at the end of 2021 and left out Rafael Nadal: “I believe that Novak Djokovic will end the year again as number one in the world, ahead of Dominic Thiem Y Daniil Medvedev«.
Sasha Bajin
Sascha Bajin has trained players of the stature of Caroline Wozniacki Y Naomi Osaka, and now you will start working with another former number one: Karolina Pliskova. You recently stopped working with Dayana Yastremska In the midst of some particular statements by the tennis player’s father, who assured that some tweets in which he congratulated Osaka for defeating her influenced the decision to end the link.
Bajin’s statements
Bajin considers that Djokovic will continue at the top, at least one more year, but affirmed that Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev will escort him, so he not only maintains that Roger Federer will not be able to return to the podium, but also rules out that Rafael Nadal remains there. The Austrian and the Russian have been growing by leaps and bounds and are expected to take the big leap to fight Grand Slams with him. Big Three.
Why don’t you lead men?
«I don’t want to name names, but some of the ATP tennis players were really attractive. One of the things that put me back from the men’s circuit is that it is very difficult to reach the top because it is always the same players who are at the top and share the best titles on the circuit, “argued the coach a few days ago to explain why does not lead men. Bajin considers the women’s circuit to be more challenging, as at the moment there is not a very clear domain.
Contradiction?
Those statements he made just a few days ago clash a bit with his latest claims. On the one hand, he says that he does not coach in the ATP because in the men’s circuit it is always the same people who win the most important tournaments – which is true if one reviews the antecedents of the last 15 years -, but on the other hand he predicts that the Next year there will be big surprises and “new faces” fighting for the top spot. The Serbian coach did not accept recent offers for the reason explained above, that is, in theory he inferred that this would continue to happen, but now he contradicts himself.
