Novak Djokovic broke up with his coach after 15 years of work

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic stop working with your coach Marian Vajda. The news was made public in the same week that Nole lost the ATP ranking number at the hands of Serbian Daniil Medvedev.

These are complex times for the Serbian, current shooting guard on the ranks, who must now face this break with the 57-year-old Slovak coach, who will seek to get away from tennis for a while and spend more time with his family. The news was released by the specialized site Tennis Majors.

Vajda had been with Djokovic since Roland Garros 2006 and, barring a brief split, stayed for 15 years next to the Serbian. In fact, he was by his side for each of his 20 Grand Slam titles.

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Since 2019, with the arrival of Croatian Goran Ivanisevic As an alternate coach, the Slovakian no longer used to accompany Djokovic to as many tournaments as before. In fact, this year he was not with the Serbian in Australia or Dubai, although he did defend him publicly in several interviews during the scandal that ended with the deportation of the tennis player from the oceanic country.

After Vajda’s departure, the rest of Nole’s team will remain the same: Ivanisevic will act as head coach, the Argentine Ulysses Badio and Miljan Amanovic will continue as physiotherapists and Marco Panichi It will be the physical trainer.

Djokovic comes from losing the number 1 ranking

Daniil Medvedev he officially became last Monday the third Russian and the twenty-seventh player in history who reaches number one in world tennis, by snatching supremacy from Djokovic, who it held the top spot for an unprecedented 361 weeks.

Despite losing in the semifinals of Acapulco against the Spanish Rafa Nadal -winner of the tournament who gains a place in the list to place fourth-, Medvedev unseated Djokovic by adding 8,615 points to the Serb’s 8,465.

It is not yet known how many tournaments Djokovic will be able to play in 2022 as he is not vaccinated

After being deported from Australia for not being vaccinated against the coronavirus, Nole returned to the circuit in Dubai and fell in the quarterfinals against the Czech Jiri Vesely.

The current number two in the world was able to play the tournament in the United Arab Emirates because that country does not require vaccination to enter its territory.

The rest of Djokovic’s season is a real mystery as his refusal to inoculate could prevent him from participating in several tournaments.

“I am willing not to play Roland Garros and Wimbledon if the condition is to get vaccinated,” the Serbian said in a recent interview.