Novak Djokovic mentioned Tuesday he’s in no hurry to discover a coach to switch Andy Murray as he searches for his first win on clay this season forward of the French Open.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic offers a press convention forward of his match on the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis match in Geneva(AFP)
Djokovic final week parted firm with Murray after a tricky begin to the season for the 24-time Grand Slam champion.
“At the moment, I’m not in need of a coach,” mentioned Djokovic who opens his title bid on the Roland Garros warm-up occasion in Genova in opposition to 134th-ranked Hungarian Marton Fucsovics on Wednesday.
“I don’t need to rush in any context. I feel comfortable with the people around me … in the next few tournaments, and we’ll see what happens.”
Djokovic instructed journalists that Dusan Vemic, beforehand a part of his teaching staff had arrived in Geneva from the US, and can be working alongside Boris Bosnjakovic, his assistant coach and analyst.
The partnership with Murray began properly, with Djokovic defeating Carlos Alcaraz on the Australian Open, solely to be compelled to retire throughout his semi-final in opposition to Alexander Zverev on account of harm.
“We felt like we couldn’t get more out of that partnership on the court, and that’s all there is to it,” defined Djokovic, who turns 38 on Thursday.
“My respect towards Andy remains the same, even more actually, I got to know him as a person.
“I feel he has a superb tennis IQ, he has a really uncommon thoughts of a champion that clearly has achieved what he has achieved, and he sees the sport extremely properly.”
‘Motivation still there’: Djokovic
The Serb’s wait for a 100th ATP title goes on after his withdrawal from the Italian Open.
Djokovic has not won a single match on clay this season, losing his openers at Monte Carlo and Madrid.
His hopes of a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam triumph, which would take him clear of Australian Margaret Court’s tally of 24 singles major titles, appear to be fading.
“It is a totally different chapter of my life that I am attempting to navigate myself by means of,” said the three-time French Open champion.
“And sure, I am not significantly used to having this type of circumstances the place I might lose a consecutive match, tournaments, first rounds and so forth. I do not assume it ever occurred for me within the final 20 years.
“But I knew that eventually that moment will come.”
After lacking the occasion in Rome, Djokovic defined that he’s competing in Geneva to organize for the upcoming French Open.
“That’s why I’m here, that’s why I’m playing the Geneva tournament, because I’m trying to do well, I’m trying to win more trophies, I’m trying to build my form for Roland Garros, and perform at the desired, necessary level in order to go far in the tournament and challenge the best players in the world.
“So sure, the motivation remains to be there.”
Nonetheless, Djokovic added he was comfortable with this new phase of his career.
“I do know what it takes to be a Grand Slam champion. It is not as clean and simple for me because it was 10 years in the past. Clearly, issues change and my life has modified loads, however for (the) higher, to be trustworthy,” he said.
“It is only a new chapter that I am embracing. I am nonetheless related to tennis and nonetheless need to categorical myself on the courtroom. I really feel that I nonetheless have the sport, that I might be one of many contenders for the highest Grand Slam titles.”
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