By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday November 5, 2024
Goran Ivanisevic, the brand new coach of Elena Rybakina, had a number of gives come his method after he parted methods with Novak Djokovic earlier this season. The previous Wimbledon champion settled on the one he discovered essentially the most thrilling – an opportunity to take Rybakina’s recreation to the following degree.
In an interview with Sasa Ozmo of Tennis Majors, the Croatian legend defined his reasoning.
“There have been another gives, however I believe I selected the fitting one for me – due to Elena’s taking part in type and potential, but additionally due to her persona. Elena is calm and I can’t wait to get going. I believe it’s going to be nice,” he stated.
After a five-year partnership with Djokovic that noticed the Serbian legend go to the highest of the Grand Slam males’s singles titles totem pole, Ivanisevic says he’s wanting to go down a special path. Rybakina, a 25-year-old from Kazakhstan who gained the Wimbledon title in 2022, has the potential to win extra majors, he says.
“I do know that many individuals discovered it odd and that folks have been shocked by our collaboration, however not me,” Ivanisevic advised Tennis Majors. “I wanted a U-turn after Novak. I gained all the pieces with Novak, so I’m extraordinarily wanting ahead to this new problem. Truthfully, throughout my time on the ATP Tour, I by no means pictured myself on the ladies’s tour, however I don’t see myself in males’s tennis in the intervening time.”
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Ivanisevic says he’ll use the low season to get to know Rybakina. He believes that there’s loads of room for development in her recreation.
“I don’t know her too effectively personally, however my pal Zule is her health coach,” he stated. We labored along with Tomas Berdych – and the phrase across the Tour typically is that she is a good individual. Recreation-wise, she has obtained an enormous serve, tall, sturdy hitter who performs aggressively, she gained Wimbledon similar to me.
“I really feel I can educate her one thing. I imply, she is already No 5 on this planet, however I believe she will win extra Slams, that’s for positive.”