"Needed a turnaround"
Djokovic’s successful coach now trains Rybakina
There was great surprise on the tennis scene when Elena Rybakina announced her new coach last Friday: None other than Goran Ivanisevic will be helping the 2022 Wimbledon winner from Kazakhstan on her way.
The Croatian, once a Wimbledon winner himself and three-time finalist in the tennis "Mecca", recently played a part in nine of Novak Djokovic's 24 major titles. He and the Serbian split up last March.
Prior to that, Ivanisevic had also coached Marin Cilic, Tomas Berdych and Milos Raonic, but the switch to the women's camp came as a surprise. "I know that a lot of people found it strange and that people were surprised by us working together, but not me - I needed a U-turn after Novak," the 53-year-old told the tennis majors' website in an interview published on Tuesday.
"I'm really happy"
He had won everything with Djokovic. "I'm really looking forward to this new challenge," said the now 43-year-old. He had never seen himself on the WTA Tour before, but that has now changed. Rybakina is currently ranked fifth in the world and won the titles in Brisbane, Abu Dhabi and Stuttgart in 2024, after which she was set back by injuries and illness. She lost her first two group matches at the WTA Finals.
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