1 week Ago By Charlie Parker-Turner
Goran Ivanisevic has reportedly landed himself a new job following his split from Elena Rybakina . The Croatian is set to begin working with Stefanos Tsitsipas , who is keen to kickstart a new chapter in his career. Tsitsipas is set to welcome Ivanisevic after the French Open, with the Greek star currently focusing his attention on defending his Monte Carlo Masters title – having recently reached the quarter-final of the competition.
The former world No. 3 has endured a tricky 12 months and risks slipping further down the ATP rankings if he underwhelms this week. Tsitsipas will be hoping that the arrival of an established coach into his set-up will help him bounce back to form after the clay season concludes.
According to Greek news outlet La Gazzetta , Ivanisevic will join forces with Tsitsipas once he has finished playing at Roland Garros. Rumours of the world No. 8 shaking up his coaching team have grown over the past few days after Dimitris Hatzinikolaou was not spotted with him in Monte Carlo.
Instead, Carey Abakar was announced as Tsitsipas’ coach for the entirety of the clay court season. Ivanisevic has been keen to return to coaching following his abrupt split with Rybakina. The pair worked together for a trial period which concluded at the end of the Australian Open .
However, the stint proved short and sweet as Rybakina soon announced that her ex-coach Stefano Vukov was set to return to her coaching team – despite still working with Ivanisevic at that time. Novak Djokovic ’s former coach will bring a wealth of experience to Tsitsipas’ set-up, and he won’t be short of ideas on how to bring the very best out of the Greek star. The 26-year-old recently opened up on some of the issues he believes he is facing last month, explaining: “I didn’t have any big results or victories that I could say that I’m headed towards a good direction with my game.
So I feel like that caption sort of was a summary of the last few months. “I feel like some of my opponents that I got to play were overpowering me and doing things much better than me when it came to playing bigger tennis. My entire career I’ve been known to be able to play big tennis but it wasn’t big enough, and I felt like I had to do something about it.
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