“Never seen Novak Djokovic reacting so strongly”; “Woke up and chose violence”
World No.1 Novak Djokovic’s recent dig at the ATP over the Coach of the Year Award has found traction among tennis fans around the globe.
ATP has awarded Jannik Sinner’s coaches, Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, with the title of Coach of the Year. Cahill and Vagnozzi accompanied Sinner during his four title-winning runs in 2023.
The Italian lifted his maiden Masters 1000 trophy at the Canadian Open, won two ATP 500 titles at the Vienna Open and Beijing Open, and triumphed at the Open Sud de France.
However, Novak Djokovic felt his coach Goran Ivanisevic was hard done by the ATP, even though he extended congratulations to Sinner’s coaches. Ivanisevic has helped win the Serb three Grand Slam titles and the year-end championships this season.
Djokovic, who has finished the year as the World No. 1 for the eighth time, took to his Instagram stories and wrote:
“Congratulations to Darren and Simone for a great season with Jannik. Goran, I guess we need to win 4/4 Slams in order for you to maybe (just maybe) be considered coach of the year. Winning Year End #1, 3 GS and WTF [World Tour Finals] and making history of this sport is not enough, my dear coach.”
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