“Last time it had happened, it hadn’t really paid off,” Marc Rosset intends to know Novak Djokovic’s future after parting ways with long term coach Marian Vajda
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It has been a tough few months for the World No. 1 Novak Djokovic as he was not able to defend his title at the Australian Open. But now with the relaxation on vaccine mandates, Djokovic is able to play the majority of the tournaments in the buildup to the Roland Garros.
However, there have been several changes to Djokovic’s life as he has parted ways with long time coach Marian Vajda. The news was revealed last month that they had already decided to part ways with each other since the end of their ATP finals.
Djokovic and Vajda have worked with each other since 2006 for a period of 15 years. They briefly took a break in between back in 2017 but returned in 2018 again, which apparently did not work out well for the Serb.
Novak Djokovic crashed out of the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters
Therefore former Olympic champion Marc Rosset believes that it will be interesting to see how Djokovic performs after parting ways with Vajda as he remembers how the Serb struggled the last time he parted ways with his coach.
Djokovic has won all 20 of his Grand Slams while working with Vajda as a coach. The records have already made Slovakian the most decorated coach in tennis history. Apart from being a coach, Vajda also was a very close friend and confidant for the Serb during their days.
In a recent interview with RTS, Rosset suggested that the parting of Vajda and Djokovic may not be the best thing for the Serb especially when he is already going through a lot this year.
“There is still something that bothers me with Djokovic,” Rosset said. “Well, I’m curious to see what it will be like now that he has parted ways with his historic coach Marian Vajda. Because the last time it had happened, it hadn’t really paid off. We’ll see if he manages to be as strong as ever without his trusted man. Of course, Goran Ivanisevic will always be there, but it’s not the same lemonade between them. They don’t have that 15-year relationship or that closeness.”
On Djokovic’s return to the tour, he lost against Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the opening round of the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters. This was his first match since Dubai where again he lost against Jiri Vesely in the quarter finals at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The Serb was rusty and will probably need more time to get back to his best in clay.
Rosset also highlighted how he looked far from his best and will need more matches to come back to his best form. However he suggested how Djokovic can play every week till the Roland Garros and built that momentum required to get back to that standards.
“Djokovic collapsed in the third set. ‘Nole’ was “crimson” late in the game against Davidovich Fokina,” Rosset said. “It’s rare with him! It also demonstrates that nothing is done with a snap of the fingers. But I think he will be well on his feet at Roland Garros because if he wants to, he can now play every week from here to Paris. He is no longer in uncertainty, when he did not know which tournament he could participate in, when he could not put the same intensity in training. There, everything will go back in the right direction for him,” Rosset explained.
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