"Everything is in balance at Novak Djokovic"
Dusan Vemic, who coached Novak Djokovic for several years, believes the industry leader will come back stronger than ever.
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last edit: Jul 23, 2020, 10:32 pm
No question: Novak Djokovic will, if he decides to start at the Cincinnati tournament moved to New York City and then at the USA Open, rested. Physically and mentally. the excitement about the unfortunate Adriatic tour has slowly subsided. In contrast to some other professionals such as Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini, Djokovic has few matches in his legs - game practice is often overrated in the case of the number one in the world anyway.
For example, Novak Djokovic often took a break after the French Open and did without the grass preparation tournaments. And then showed great sport in Wimbledon.
Dusan Vemic, who worked for some time as an assistant coach and hitting partner for Djokovic from 2012, sees things similarly. “After everything that happened, Novak can only come back stronger, smarter and better. Whenever the tournaments start, he has already had four months of healthy training, is physically and mentally rested. "
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"He spent time with his family, everything is in balance right now," Vemic told Sport Klub. “The only thing he doesn't have, like most other tennis players, is enough matches to see how he is in shape. But as I know him, he only needs a few matches, then he will be at his highest level again. ”
If Djokovic already offers this level in New York City, then probably only a small group of supervisors. There will be no spectators at the US Open. So Goran Ivanisevic or Marian Vajda, maybe even both, will sit in the box of the world number one in an otherwise empty, huge stadium.
Vemic has nothing but praise for Vajda. “He is a great person, a fantastic coach with a lot of experience, always calm and calm. He always focuses on the basics in tennis. Whenever it becomes difficult, he tries to summarize what he has to say in short words. Novak, as we all know, is an athlete and tennis player who is not born every day. He takes everything he is told in the best possible way and optimizes it immediately. "