Djokovic breaks with his fitness coach and creates chaos in the team he trusts | Relief

Novak Djokovic continues to make decisions about his teamand now it’s time for the physical section. After parting ways with his last two coaches, public relations staff and even the physiotherapist who guided him to stardom, the Serbian announced on his social networks that breaks off professional relationship with his fitness coach throughout his career, Italian Marco Panici.

He will soon be 37 years old, and when everyone could intuitively understand that the environment of a legend of his sport like Nole would be stable, the current world number 1 has chosen a completely opposite and innovative path.

It all started in March 2022 with final departure of Marian Wajda

, the coach who brought him to the elite and who did not go to tournaments with Nole for months. Later, at the end of 2022, another one of his closest people and his most trusted team walked through the door – an Argentine. Ulises Badio, his physiotherapist. the “miracle” of recent seasons and the great man responsible for his recovery from the injuries he suffered in previous seasons. After the end of the 2023 season, it was the turn of the part that took its image beyond the track. He abandoned his agent Edoardo Artaldi and head of the press service Elena Cappelaro.who no longer started the new season in Australia, promoting Spanish tennis player Charlie Gomez-Herrera to the position supervisor and assistant coach.

Then a new surprise: Djokovic has unexpectedly announced that he will no longer continue to work with his coach of the last six years – and after twelve Grand Slam tournaments – Croatian Goran Ivanisevic.

start working with former doubles player Nenad Zimonjic. Suddenly it seemed that Balkan, for unknown reasons, wanted to get rid of his entire inner circle. They were all fired with love and for no apparent reason.

Now, to finally complete the circle and cause a final deficit in the team: Marco Panici, their inseparable physical coach, also leaves his team. “We have had incredible years of cooperation,” the Serbian comments, concluding his farewell message. “We reach the top, win titles, achieve records“.

According to Serbian media, Panići’s place will soon be filled again German Gebhard Phil-Gritsch, who was Djokovic’s physical trainer in the past. To get an idea of ​​the team change, Djokovic “fired” the entire team with which he celebrated the victory at the 2022 ATP Finals.

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Thus, the structure of Djokovic’s team is as follows: Mark Madden – agent; Charlie Gomez-Herrera supervisor and assistant coach; Electra will help with the Djokovic brand; Gebhard Phil-Grich – physical training coach; and Miljan Amanovic and Claudio Zimaglia continue to work as his physiotherapists. After missing Madrid, the number one is expected to compete again next week in Rome.