Marian Vajda on Novak Djokovic: "I'm very concerned about his injury"
As Marian Vajda emphasized in an interview with Kurir Sport, he too is extremely critical of Novak Djokovic's injury.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Mar 04, 2021, 09:05 am
Novak Djokovic's injury, which seemed to plague him for large parts of the Australian Open, is making waves long after his success in the first Grand Slam of the year. First, his supervisor from the major Down Under, Goran Ivanisevic, denounced the media's unfair treatment of his protégé in this regard , and now Marian Vajda also notes that the injury of the 18-time Grand Slam champion is extremely critical.
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Accordingly, this must be taken into account when drawing up Djokovic's tournament schedule, as Vajda told Kurir Sport: "We have to see how his schedule will look after the recent imbalances. I am very concerned about his injury and we are talking about it to reduce the number of tournaments in 2021. His health is the most important thing at the moment. " After his triumph in Australia, Djokovic himself had already emphasized that he would go to work with a significantly slimmed-down calendar in 2021.
After Marian Vajda was known to be unable to attend the Australian Open, the native Slovak will join Djokovic in a few days in Dubai - and there will also talk about the tournament schedule of the 18-time Grand Slam champion: "In a few Days I'm going to Dubai to see him and talk to him face to face, I don't know when I can go to tournaments but what I do know is that I will be by his side at Roland Garros will."
Djokovic: More focus on the serve
The fact that Marian Vajda was only able to follow the 18th Grand Slam victory of his long-term protégé from a distance - the 55-year-old had not traveled to Australia - really pained him, as he explained: "I was very sorry, not there I will never forget the first title that Nole won in Melbourne in 2008. I have been with most of his successes and not being able to take part in such an important title as this Australian Open has me made very angry. "
Nevertheless, the native Slovak was anything but indifferent to the Serbian’s 18th major title. Because in the pre-season, Vajda and Djokovic worked particularly on part of the industry leader's game, which was largely responsible for the success down under: the serve. "We decided to put more emphasis on serve, both on first and second serve. It was a pleasure to see from a distance how it has improved and how everything we have done has served us for something Has"