Ivanisevic on Djokovic: ‘He’ll get even better’

Even if this is a warning to his opponents. Novak Djokovic’s coach and mentor Goran Ivanisevic has sent an ominous message to the rest of the tour, saying that Nole can be even better than what we saw in the final quarter of 2022.

“He’s still training harder than when he was 22. That’s why he’s so good and that’s why he’s going to get even better. The will to train, the will to improve, the will to get better is amazing.

He takes care of his body. In my time we stopped playing tennis at 30, 31. You were already an old tennis player, ready for retirement. But now it’s different.” characteristically said the Croatian coach.

Djokovic is in his 36th year and his physical abilities really relate to a 25 year old. He now holds the record for the oldest tennis player to win the ATP Finals, a record held by Federer when he won the prestigious trophy in his 30s.

“Look at Roger a few years ago. Now look at Rafa. Check out Nole. Everyone is talking about the newcomers. It’s great for tennis. We have the youngest World No. 1 doing incredible things this year, Alkarath.

But also look at Novak. He’s still hungry, still winning tournaments and playing fantastic tennis. He’s already thinking about preparing for the new season.” Ivanisevic said in an interview with atptour.com.

The Croatian praised Djokovic’s serve, saying: “The serve was the most underrated shot of his career. If you look at some games 5, 10 years ago, the serve always kind of saved him. Now it’s even better.

Now he wants to improve. Just this week he had an incredible percentage, amazing accuracy on serve. Whenever he needed it, he produced an incredible first serve. His second serve is even better.

“Novak’s serve is now one of his best shots and people don’t talk about it that much because he has so many other weapons that we forget to talk about his serve. He’s one of the best servers. Especially when the game is tight. She’s hit some great serves under pressure during the week.”

source: tennis24