Like every end of the year, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) recognizes the most outstanding figures of each season and on this occasion the award for Coach of the Year It was for Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, the coaches of Jannik Sinner, who finished 2023 as world number 4, Masters Tournament finalist and Davis Cup champion. Novak Djokovic didn’t like this at all.
The Serbian, first, congratulated the winners. “Congratulations Darren and Simone on your great season with Jannik,” he wrote in an Instagram story, citing the publication in which the ATP announced the winners of this award.
However, he later targeted the ATP with an ironic comment. “Goran, I guess we have to win all four Grand Slams so maybe (just maybe) you’ll be considered coach of the year. Finishing the year as number 1 in the world, three GS, winning the World Tour Finals and making history in this sport is not enough, dear coach,” posted Absenttagging Goran Ivanisevic, his coach.
At 36 years old, Djokovic manages his schedule differently and no longer plays as many tournaments as in previous years, but he was highly efficient and finished for the eighth time in his career (absolute record) at the top of the world ranking.
Novak Djokovic’s ironic post against the ATP.
He played 12 tournaments and won seven of them, of which six were the well-known “Big Tournaments”: three Grand Slams (Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open), two Masters 1000 (Cincinnati and Paris Bercy) and the ATP World Tour Finals in Turin are added to the ATP 250 in Adelaide.
He also reached the final of Wimbledon, which he lost in a four-hour and 40-minute five-set battle against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
Furthermore, he has already surpassed the barrier of 400 weeks as number 1, far from Federer’s 310, and is affirmed as the best tennis player of all time. If you are referring to numbers, you are right in your claim.
2023-12-14 13:57:32
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