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Novak Djokovic is in a bear market and remembers the coach that he used to celebrate his greatest hits: Marian Vajda, whom he has already scored, but with whom he still feels a strong connection .
Novak Djokovic hopes to find success with an old pet by his side. (Image: Toby Melville / Reuters)
The value of the tennis coach is not obvious at first glance and not without controversy. Severin Lüthi has been named coach of the year at the Sports Awards – notably ahead of Vladimir Petkovic, who led the national football team in Russia with only one defeat. With all due respect to Lüthi's work, the award was probably just another tribute to Federer's artwork as an appreciation of his work on the master's forehand.
The influence of coaches on the performance of their charges is barely measurable in tennis. Players often view caregivers as helpful helpers in organizational matters or mascots in the stands, as true guides on tactical issues.
After a little less than a year, the experiment was stopped because, as Agassi said, there was a consensus that we were too much often unanimous
The case of Novak Djokovic is somewhat different. The Serb had worked successfully with Boris Becker for three years before retiring, unhappy with the presence of an obscure Spanish mental trainer threatening to rob the show. Instead of the German Djokovic Andre Agassi has brought into the team, which was eight times Grand Slam winner and former confidant of Barbra Streisand to some extent tennis expert and Zen master in one. Agassi draped her forearm and showed it in the rotating area of the television cameras. This delighted the sponsor, who still remains faithful to him twelve years after the resignation, but he helped Djokovic a lot: in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, Aus in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, in the quarterfinals of the Open d & # 39; Australia. After less than a year, the experiment was stopped because, as Agassi said, it was agreed that one was too often unanimous
The friend formerly exorcised as Savior
is now on Becker Square and later by Agassi again Marian Vajda, with whom Djokovics promotion to the world-class player began. Instead of 18 major titles as his successors, he can claim a third-round qualification at Roland Garros as the top of the career. For this, Vajda seems to understand the Serbian soul. In any case, he says: "I consider him a friend, he is almost part of the family, a human being I can rely on privately and with whom I have shared many beautiful and difficult moments. "
It was all the more surprising to call this friend, this confidant, the man from whom he had celebrated all his success, a year ago just a week before the first one. French Open with state coach and licensed physiotherapists. After more than ten years, Djokovic has found him side by side: Vajda is enough; I need somebody. Djokovic struggled with himself and his self-confidence He questioned everything
Twelve months later, he is at another point in his career, he is still number 21. The last title, a victory at the Eastbourne ATP 250 tournament, date from a year ago.For the match of the second round against the Argentine Horacio Zeballos Djokovic had to compete on Court 2, an outdoor court with a capacity of more than 4000 spectators.
Djokovic is still twelve times winner of the Grand Slam. The success against Zeballos was the 60th on the grass at Wimbledon. He overtook John McEnroe, who is still an icon in men's tennis. Ten days ago, he reached the finals of Queen's Club London and challenged Marin Cilic. But this season, he has not beaten a player of the top 10.
A peace offer by SMS
That's why Djokovic has remembered his former coach Vajda in April . "He sent me," writes the Slovak, "a message in which he asked me what I thought of his tennis." It was a first step towards rapprochement, a kind of peace offer that Vajda was hesitant about first. He said that he enjoyed family time, fishing, distance from the tour.
Vajda initially agreed to accompany Djokovic to Paris. Shortly before the grass season, the two extended the collaboration at Wimbledon. What comes next is open. The wound of separation has not healed yet. Djokovic and Vajda live a probationary partnership. It is unclear who needs to prove itself: the coach, who has made Djokovic a Grand Slam winner, or rather the player who has temporarily forgotten where he comes from.
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