After it was announced that Novak Djokovic will no longer have Marian Vajda as his coach, the Slovakian broke the silence and explained the reasons for their separation after 15 years working together.
Novak Djokovic had had Vajda as a companion in his 20 Grand Slam wins, however, in his last trips he was no longer seen being accompanied by the Slovakian.
And it is that for a few weeks both parties had already made the decision, however, it was until this week that the situation was confirmed after the farewell message that the former number one in the world dedicated to whom he was his coach for almost his entire career.
It was this weekend that Nole’s now former coach broke his silence.
The reasons for the breakup
“Things had not been going well since July. At the US Open he had almost run out of strength after the wear and tear of the Olympic Games. I was not in favor of their participation in the Games, the deadlines were very limited, little time to prepare and the great mental and physical effort. He understood his goal of course to give Serbia a gold. That’s when we started to separate.” he stated in an interview for the Slovak media Sport.sk.
“And then came the issue of his refusal to be vaccinated. He wouldn’t play many tournaments as an unvaccinated player and he already has a powerful team with Goran Ivanisevic.. After evaluating all the circumstances, we mutually decided to terminate our professional cooperation.”
“We came to an official agreement after the ATP Finals in Turin, although things would not have gone well before after the US Open final against Medvedev. He had promised me that he would come to Bratislava to talk to me and that somehow we would end everything well. But there were difficult times and finally he invited me to Turin where we closed it. It was not respectful that the decision was aired with a rather stormy December and his mistaken trip to Australia afterwards. But the journalist Sasa Ozmo found out and published it and Novak had no choice but to issue our joint statement»
«After so many years of travel, you want to rest and spend time at home. But I know I won’t stay there forever anymore. I would like to experience something new later. Some new challenge with another player, although the bar is very high. The best coaches are not always lucky with their pupils. Lendl triumphed with Murray but he did not fit with Zverev or Agassi got with Djokovic too.
