Former Croatian tennis player and current coach of Roger Federer, Ivan Ljubicic, gave an interview to The messenger, where he talked about current tennis and what this sport will mean when the big 3 decides to hang up their rackets.
Ljubicic spoke wonders of the Italian Matteo Berrettini who is having a sensational 2021, achieving, among other things, playing his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon 2021: “Berrettini is a great tennis player. He seems to me an exceptional guy, not only because of the capacity and depth that he has. He has to understand things. Like him, I only met Roger Federer. Matteo is perfect and in 2021 he has shown that if he manages to do the right things he is capable of standing up to any player on the circuit. “
When everyone thought that Novak Djokovic had practically everything to be able to break the equality on the scoreboard with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in number of Grand Slams, the figure of Daniil Medvedev appeared to surprise everyone: “It will be interesting in the next tournaments great if the big three will win titles again or if they all stop at the figure of 20. I think they will continue to be competitive but it will be necessary to see if they will be able to beat the young players who are already standing out by five sets. Berrettini is within this group. Nor can we forget about Zverev, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Rublev … “.
Novak Djokovic, will you play any more tournaments or will you rest until Australia?
Finally, Ivan Ljubicic admits that he would not be surprised if Novak Djokovic decided not to play again for the remainder of the year and rest for the Australian Open 2021: “The scenario for the next few years will be the same as we had when the rivalry ended. of Sampras and Agassi. We will have many different Grand Slam winners. I remember when we had Ferrero, Moyà, Gaudio, Hewitt, Safin … We will have a totally different tennis than we have had in the last decade. As for the question of what that I look forward to in the remainder of the year, I would like to see Djokovic at Paris-Bercy and at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin 2021, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he decided not to play again for the remainder of the season. Federer hasn’t yet he resumed training and at the moment there is no specific program for his return, “concluded the former Croatian tennis player.
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