‘Nobody Can Play With Him’ – Novak Djokovic’s Coach Reveals Deep-Rooted Hunger That Comes Out in Wrong Ways Occasionally

At 36, Novak Djokovic is as hungry for success as he used to be during his teenage days. Ask Goran Ivanisevic, who is working with him to make his dreams come true. Every time Djokovic steps onto the court, the Serb produces magical performances to enthrall fans worldwide. Especially this season, he has been at his best as he raced to 24 Grand Slam titles. Recently, Ivanisevic opened up about managing the Serb, revealing some intriguing details about the Djoker’s competitiveness.

Ivanisevic has been coaching Djokovic since 2019 and has been a huge part of his success lately. He has been with the Serb through thick and thin and has experienced different emotions from Djokovic. Let’s find out what he said about the Serb.

Goran Ivanisevic on managing Novak Djokovic

Over the past few years, Djokovic has experienced massive peaks and troughs. While he has had a brilliant 2023 season, Djokovic also had a torrid 2022 year where he missed many big tournaments after not being allowed to enter some countries due to Covid-19 rules. As a result, emotions ran high in his camp.

Talking about managing Djokovic, Ivanisevic said, “Is not easy. Is not easy. Is not easy. That’s life. He’s No. 1. He wants always more. He wants something better all the time.”

Further, he also went on to reveal how a game-changing moment led to Djokovic’s triumph at the ATP Finals. When Sinner defeated Rune, Djokovic qualified for the semifinals. Ivanisevic said, “from that moment I knew that Novak is going to win the tournament.” And the Serb didn’t disappoint as he went on to win the title for a record seventh time.

Concluding his remarks, Ivanisevic revealed, “When the real Novak Djokovic arrives on the court, then at that moment nobody can play with him.”

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Djokovic has the full support of his coach, Ivanisevic. The latter even cleared the GOAT debate by choosing the Serb over his rivals.

Ivanisevic feels Djokovic is the best of the best

Earlier this year, Djokovic lost a closely fought contest against Carlos Alcaraz at the Wimbledon final. However, his coach still felt that Djokovic had risen over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the GOAT debate.

Talking about this, he said, “For me, Novak is the greatest for me in everything, by results. Roger maybe played the most attractive tennis. But they all helped each other to become better players… They made tennis a better sport and they all love tennis. But you have to choose somebody, some people prefer Roger or Nadal… for me, it’s Novak.”

Djokovic has a big year coming up where he’ll aim to win an elusive Olympic gold medal. It’ll be interesting to see if he can match this year’s heroics in 2024.

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