Novak Djokovic’s coach fires again at ‘silly’ declare involving Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic’s coach Goran Ivanisevic has hit again on the “stupid” concept that tennis has seen a change of guard following Carlos Alcaraz’s victory over the Serb in final month’s Wimbledon closing. The 36-year-old couldn’t declare a fifth consecutive SW19 title because the younger celebrity defeated him in an exciting five-setter to spark the concept Djokovic has lastly been dethroned.
Alcaraz’s second Grand Slam has introduced on a wave of speak that he can spearhead the brand new technology within the wake of the Big Three period. However, Ivanisevic has dismissed that concept and believes that Djokovic can very a lot maintain his personal regardless of the younger contenders seeking to take his crown.
“Those stories are already a bit ‘stupid’,” Ivanisevic instructed Croatian outlet Sportske Novosti. “The change of generation has been going on for six or seven years. If we look at [Daniil] Medvedev, [Andrey] Rublev, [Karen] Khachanov, [Denis] Shapovalov, Felix [Auger-Aliassime], [Jannik] Sinner, Alcaraz, [Holger] Rune… Alcaraz has been here for two years, but, let’s say, Medvedev has been here for five or six years, he is 27 years old. They are not from yesterday.
“Alcaraz is a story by himself, and Sinner is the only one who can threaten him at the US Open, along with Novak. The game that Sinner has doesn’t match Alcaraz and they have had very interesting matches so far.
Also, if Medvedev plays well on the day, he is also a phenomenal player for me. Novak remains the only ‘dinosaur’ among those older ones, the rest are all young guys. It’s a normal sequence, but there’s still something to ask the elders.”
Djokovic was filled with reward for Alcaraz following their conflict on Centre Court, describing the Spanish sensation as a mix of himself, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. But he would probably facet along with his coach that he can nonetheless compete along with his youthful opponents.
Ivanisevic additionally hit again on the notion that Djokovic usually argues along with his teaching workers throughout matches, describing it as “nonsense” that the 23-time Major winner has beforehand been criticised for his interactions with these on the sidelines.
“No, that’s nonsense,” Ivanisevic added. “First of all, I can’t hear half of what he says. These are huge courts, the crowd is shouting and you can’t hear. It doesn’t bother me, it’s emotions, he has to get it out somehow.
“It’s constantly reported ‘He shouted again, this again, that again…’ We’ve talked a million times and I don’t have a problem with it at all. I was also a tennis player once, sometimes it’s difficult to say a technical thing in two seconds. What’s important is that he plays as well as he possibly can.”