Novak Djokovic’s former coach Goran Ivanisevic has commented on the Serbian’s defeat to Jannik Sinner in the 2025 Wimbledon semi-finals.
Sinner, the world No 1, delivered a high-level display to earn a convincing 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Djokovic on Centre Court.
The 23-year-old Italian went on to down Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the championship match to secure his maiden Wimbledon crown.
In his defeat to Sinner, a physically compromised Djokovic struggled considerably with his movement after a fall in his quarter-final win against Flavio Cobolli.
The 38-year-old tennis legend admitted during the event that Wimbledon was his best chance to add to his record tally of 24 Grand Slam titles.
In an interview with Croatian media outlet Gol, Ivanisevic made a telling comment about Djokovic’s hopes of challenging Sinner and Alcaraz.
“When you’re not 100 percent with Sinner… and even when you are, your chances aren’t great,” said the 2001 Wimbledon winner.
“I thought Novak could do it, but unfortunately he wasn’t completely ready.
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“Djokovic is the greatest tennis player of all time, but what these two (Sinner and Alcaraz) are doing is another level of tennis.”
Ivanisevic, who parted ways with Djokovic in March 2024, has been coaching Stefanos Tsitsipas since the beginning of the grass season.
At the Hurlingham Classic last month, Tennis365 asked Tsitsipas if Ivanisevic has passed on any lessons from his time working with Djokovic.
“Absolutely, yes. We have daily discussions. I wouldn’t say he just has experience with Novak, like it would be unfair to just say with Novak,” said the Greek.
“Of course, Novak is one of the greatest that our game has seen, but he has also worked with other players too, and I think there comes experience too.
“Also, I feel like it’s important for him that he has worked with different types of players because he gets to really see what works best for me, knowing how these different profiles of players have adapted and have done certain things.
“I think he can see more of a variation in his coaching skills and in his coaching expertise and apply that selectively to me in ways that… obviously, I can’t play exactly like Novak.
“I have certain characteristics in my game that stand out a little bit more and certain [things] that need to get improved and get better over time.
“But he can definitely give me a clear direction of where I’m lacking and where I should be focusing on when it comes to my strengths.”
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