Stefanos Tsitsipas ended his collaboration with director Goran Ivanisevic lower than two months later, mentioned former World No. 3.
“My work with Goran Ivanisevic is brief, but it surely was a fierce expertise of my journey and a really priceless chapter,” Tsitsipas posted on his Instagram story on Wednesday.
Ranked twenty ninth, Tsitsipas appointed Ivanisevic as coach in Could after a collection of disappointing leads to the Grand Slam.
The 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open runner-up had been pressured to retire from Wimbledon’s first spherical match in June.
Following the exit of Tsitsipas’ opening spherical at Wimbledon, Ivanisevic gave a poignant analysis of the 26-year-old Greek, saying that he “had by no means seen a participant who was extra unprepared” in his life. Tsitsipas has made a one-in-a-half closing in his previous 9 Grand Slam tournaments.
Tsitsipas expressed his gratitude “for the time, effort and power he devoted to me and my group.”
“I respect Golan now as a result of we observe our separate methods – not solely about what he achieved in tennis, however who he’s as an individual.
Ivanisevic, who received Wimbledon as a participant in 2001, helped declare Novak Djokovic for 9 of his 24 Grand Slam titles earlier than leaving the group final March. He then did a brief stint this season with Elena Rivakina, the world No. 12 of Kazakh.