Tsitsipas Parts Company With Coach Ivanisevic

Stefanos Tsitsipas has parted ways pinch Goran Ivanisevic aft a "brief but intense" coaching spell.

Greece's Tsitsipas began moving pinch Ivanisevic successful May aft winning only 2 matches successful his past 4 Grand Slam appearances.

However, he won only 1 lucifer during nan grass-court play and was 2 sets down against qualifier Valentin Royer successful nan Wimbledon first information earlier retiring injured.

Croatian Ivanisevic - a erstwhile Wimbledon champion who worked pinch Novak Djokovic for six years - was besides critical of Tsitsipas' fitness., external

"I'm thankful for nan time, effort and power Goran dedicated to maine and my team," Tsitsipas, 26, wrote connected Instagram.

"As we are now pursuing our abstracted ways, I person only respect for Goran - not conscionable for what he's achieved successful tennis, but besides for who he is arsenic a person."

Tsitsipas has been arsenic precocious arsenic number 3 successful nan world and was runner-up to Djokovic astatine nan 2021 French Open and 2023 Australian Open.

He is presently 29th successful nan rankings and has not gone beyond nan 2nd information of a awesome since past year's French Open.

"I've talked to him a batch of times. If he solves immoderate things extracurricular of tennis, past he'll return to wherever he belongs," Ivansevic told Serbian outlet Sportklub aft Tsitsipas' Wimbledon exit.

"I person ne'er seen a much unprepared subordinate successful my life. With this knee, I americium 3 times much fresh than him. This is really bad."

Ivansevic besides had a short spell moving pinch erstwhile Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina astatine nan commencement of nan year.