Corridor of Famer Jim Courier opined on Stefanos Tsitsipas’ coach Goran Ivanisevic’s vital feedback concerning the Greek participant after his Wimbledon loss. Courier shared that he did not consider a coach may very well be that brutal to his mentee.
Stefanos Tsitsipas started the 2025 Grand Slam season with a first-round loss on the Australian Open, succumbing to Alex Michelsen in three units. His French Open run was additionally lower brief after shedding to Matteo Gigante within the second spherical, and he confronted the same destiny in Wimbledon, exiting the match within the first spherical.
The Greek participant’s setback drew vital remarks from his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, who joined Tsitsipas’ group in Might 2025. The latter brutally said that he had by no means seen a participant so unreversed, and in addition in contrast Tsitsipas’ bodily situation to his personal.
Stunned by the English interpretation of his Croatian statements, Corridor of Famer and former World No. 1 Jim Courier revealed that he first thought it to be a ‘spoof’. He admitted that Goran has an unabashed method, and in addition puzzled how the 2001 wild-card Wimbledon champion in contrast his knee well being with Stefanos Tsitsipas’ again points.
“I actually have requested a number of instances, is {that a} spoof? As a result of, you already know, you simply do not hear a coach speaking about it. As a lot of a fact teller as Goran is, you already know, you count on coaches in all probability to be somewhat bit extra cagey with these feedback than maybe that. When you dig somewhat deeper into the feedback, that is a extremely fascinating pull quote, proper?”
He added:
“However he is actually speaking concerning the bodily state and the truth that his again has been such an issue and he hasn’t been to resolve it. He was saying, Goran was saying he is in higher form bodily. Goran mentioned, my knee’s dangerous, however I am nonetheless higher than he’s along with his again. So I feel I might love to listen to that. I do not converse Croatian. I might like to form of hear the tone that he used as a result of I feel plenty of that in all probability would additionally inform us what he was actually attempting to inform. I believed it was a joke.” (starting 0:48)
Stefanos Tsitsipas made it to the finals of the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas shared that he would spend time with Novak Djokovic after the latter’s relocation to Greece
Stefanos Tsitsipas was contemporary off a Spherical of 16 exit from the Terra Wortmann Open when he entered the third Grand Slam of the 12 months. In a press convention forward of his stint, he talked about Djokovic’s potential relocation to his house nation and what it will imply to him.
“He (Djokovic) advised me he’ll speak to me if he wants something. He is an excellent individual, I’ve a great friendship with him. I respect him as an athlete and as an individual. I want I might see him keep in Greece sooner or later, I want to spend time with him.”
Stefanos Tsitsipas peaked at No. 3 on the earth rankings in 2021, changing into the highest-ranked Greek in tennis historical past.
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