Djokovic and Vajda made their split public at the beginning of March after 15 years together. During that period, the pair also split briefly between 2017 and 2018. The Serb’s long-time coach recently admitted he no longer wanted to travel full-time but has now confessed that he thought it was Djokovic who only wanted one coach working with him.
Goran Ivanisevic joined the team in 2019 and worked alongside Vajda, since taking over as the world No 1’s sole coach. Speaking at a press conference in Bratislava, Djokovic’s former coach of 15 years still seemed uncertain as to why he was removed from his position as he opened up on their split. “It was a combination of various reasons: we have been together for a really long time and his decisions showed that he wanted to focus on Grand Slam tournaments – that is why he might think that it is not ideal to have so many people in his team. He wanted to reduce it and have only one coach,” he said.
“I don’t know for sure, because I never asked him, but I assume from my analysis of his tournament schedule, that he wanted to reduce his team, and he chose Goran Ivanisevic. It did not make sense for a coach to coach him only him on Grand Slams, because a coach needs a long-term plan.”
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