A page and forum to discuss all things Novak Djokovic.
Current ranking: 1
Last result: Banja Luka quarterfinals (lost to Dusan Lajovic)
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A page and forum to discuss all things Novak Djokovic.
Current ranking: 1
Last result: Banja Luka quarterfinals (lost to Dusan Lajovic)
Next tournament: Rome Masters
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Nole wasn’t scheduled to play anything until IW.
Murray going to Acapulco, not Dubai?
I thought Andy, Wawrinka, Federer are going to Dubai
http://live-tennis.eu/en/atp-schedule
Good news if Nole is going to Acapulco. Hadn’t heard that.
ratcliff ( AT 9:26 PM),
Murray will go to Dubai:
http://www.dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com/en/players/mens-week-players-list
Qualifiers in Acapulco:
Fritz, Kravchuk, Donaldson, Chung, Tiafoe, Albot, Nishioka, Thompson, Sela, Young, Dolgopolov, Basilashvili, R. Harrison..
Main Draw is already stacked. Everyone is going to Acapulco!
Qualifying is better than many 250 main draws
By “everyone” going to Acapulco I meant WTA will be there too. The ATP competition/draws in both Acapulco and Dubai will be great.
But I just looked at the WTA list and the highest ranked players going to Acapulco are Pavlyuchenkova, Puig, Mladenovic, Bouchard, Niculescu….it’s a 280. Anyone who went deep in Doha and Dubai this week has to be exhausted.
Very happy Nole got into Acapulco.
I see that Sascha Z is no longer going; but Mischa still is.
My mistake. Murray going to Dubai along with Fed.
DJOKOVIC ACCEPTS WILD CARD INTO ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL IN ACAPULCO
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/02/novak-djokovic-acapulco-abierto-mexicano-telcel-atp-tennis/64398/
It great to hear Nole will go to Acapulco!What a strong field it would be!!…Can’t wait to see all the excitement down there next week….Bring it on guys!!!
Carole Bouchard 20 minutes ago: “Breaking : Djokovic doubtful for Miami. Went back to Monaco to consult doctor for right elbow injury that hampered him through Indian Wells.”
Oh dear, if that’s true then Djoko will lose another 1000 points. No wonder he looked out of sorts at IW, was shaking his right arm at times, I thought it’s his wrist but it ended up being his elbow. Poor soul.
Now there is only one who can stop Fed at the French Open ?.
If Nadal couldn’t win French open, then a calendar slam may really be possible for Federer. Who knows…
Nah, there’re Rafa, Murray, Thiem, Stan.., oh quite a long list!
And Donskoy ?
Yes but the number on the list that he has to face only depends on the draw.
Fed would be favourite over any of them other than Rafa except for Nole and he’s an unknown now struggling for almost a year and now with an arm injury.
Fed is a 25:1 underdog to win the French (much of that due to the real possibility that he won’t even enter the tournament to have his best chances at Wimbledon. His odds will only improve. Excellent value bet.
Yes but the number on the list that he has to face only depends on the draw.
Fed would be favourite over any of them other than Rafa except for Nole and he’s an unknown now struggling for almost a year and now with an arm injury.
Fed is a 25:1 underdog to win the French (much of that due to the real possibility that he won’t even enter the tournament to have his best chances at Wimbledon. His odds will only improve. Excellent value bet.
Let’s not overreact with Roger’s chances at the FO. Some Rafans got a Fed complex. Hahaha
Official.
Miami Open: “Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw due to an elbow injury…”
https://twitter.com/MiamiOpen/status/843514944406675457
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7THdw7UwAApeii.jpg
Thanks augusta. Had heard a rumor but wasn’t sure.
Get better soon Nole!
His elbow was OK here:
https://youtu.be/nJO_pws_VEE
Get well soon, Novak. Always a pity when someone gets injured.
Boris Becker knows how top players can lose their ability to stay mentally strong.
Boris Becker was on site for Sky in Monte Carlo and said of the out-of-sorts Djokovic, whom he coached until December: “I had a chat with his team last night and what’s in the locker room will stay in the locker room. But I think he’s playing better the past couple of months. I don’t think you can lose your forehand or backhand overnight. It’s mental.
“He can rearrange [the direction of] his ship, he is 29, but he has to do it soon. He’s an emotional guy. In the past, it was in his favour. Now his emotions get hold of him and it makes him play worse. He gets down on himself, the shoulders go down and the opponent is watching.”
According to this website, Djoko has fired 3 members of his team:
http://novakdjokovic.com/en/news/media/i-want-to-find-the-winning-spark-on-the-court-again/
As I said a long time ago, Federer is Rafa’s biggest threat at RG.
Nole is dealing with his own mental problema.
The unsurpassed longevity of Federer’s
mental strength over 16 year span with minimal dips is why he is the current GOAT by a small margin at the current time.
He’s always been there to take advantage when the other Big Four have struggled (as well as before they matured but that’s another matter).
Novak Djokovic fires his entire coaching staffHe has parted ways with head coach Marian Vajda and every key member of his core coaching team.
by Anuradha Santhanam @anumccartney Breaking38 mins ago
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO – APRIL 21: Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand against David Goffin of Belgium in their quarter final round match on day six of the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters at Monte-Carlo Sporting Club on April 21, 2017 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
Djokovic has struggled to find results this year, continuing on a bad run of form from 2016
Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has parted ways with his entire coaching team – including his long-term coach Marian Vajda, fitness coach Gebhard Phil Gritsch, and physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic, according to a press release on the Serbian star’s website. The split was by “mutual agreement,” Djokovic said in the release, which said the team “decided to part ways after a detailed analysis of the game, achieved results in the previous period, and also after discussing private plans of each team member.”40-year-old Vajda, a former tennis player himself, has been known most for being Djokovic’s head coach. The Slovak has been on the 12-time Grand Slam winning player’s team since 2006, and remained on his coaching squad even after former World No. 1 Boris Becker took over as head coach, although Djokovic’s coaching relationship with the German ace ended in 2016.
The press release described the decision as “shock therapy” for the 29-year-old, who has been struggling with form since Wimbledon last year. The World No. 2 has not added to his tally of Grand Slams since winning his first and only French Open title so far in 2016, and suffered a shock second-round loss to Uzbek player Denis Istomin at this year’s Australian Open. Djokovic has only won one title so far this year, at the ATP250 Qatar Open.Describing the drastic change as “the start of something new,” Djokovic said, “I want to continue raising the level of my game and stamina and this is a continuous process. I enjoy this journey, it feels like I am starting something new again and I love this challenge. I am a hunter and my biggest goal is to find the winning spark on the court again.”Calling it a “new chapter in (my) life,” Djokovic also expressed his gratitude to his team of over a decade, who reciprocated his sentiments in the release, describing him as a “best friend and brother.”
https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/nova … hing-staff
Federer will win the French Open if for some reason he doesn’t have to face Rafa.
It would be 2009 deja vu all over again.
Rafa is the only one who will beat him there against an angry French crowd.
Sounds suspiciously as if the baby is being thrown out with the bath water.
Is the pseudo-guru in the pink baby-gro still on the payroll?
#too many cooks spoil the broth.
Marian Vajda will be happy.