Ivanisevic on start of Djokovic's US Open preparations, and their "arguing": I can't hear half of what he says

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Goran Ivanisevic revealed when Novak Djokovic will start training and preparing for the US Open and the season on concrete surfaces.

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The Serbian tennis player's coach was at the tournament in Umag last week and gave an interview to Sportske Novosti, when he said that preparations for the US tour will begin at the end of this week.

"He had a bit of a break, but now the preparations for the US tour are starting. Preparations begin at the end of the week, he's slowly starting with the fitness, and then the tennis. I don't know exactly, the week after, mid-next month, he will leave for Cincinnati."

Last year, Novak did not play at all in the US, because he was not allowed entry since he refused o receive the Covid vaccine. Ivanisevic said that currently the only tennis player who can beat Djokovic is Carlos Alcaraz.

He once again clarified the Serbian tennis player's behavior during the matches, primarily the fact that the media often put an emphasis on his reactions toward the coaching staff and the box, the so-called "arguments" he has had with him.

"No, that's nonsense. First of all, I can't hear half of what he says. These are huge courts, the crowd is shouting and you can't hear. It doesn't bother me, it's emotions, he has to get it out somehow. It's constantly reported, 'he shouted again, this again, that again...' We've talked a million times and I don't have a problem with it at all. I was also a tennis player once, sometimes it's difficult to say a technical thing in two seconds. What's important is that he plays as well as he possibly can."

(Telegraf.rs)