Novak Djokovic has appointed long-time good friend and former doubles associate Dusan Vemic as his coach for each this week’s Geneva Open and the upcoming French Open.
“Dusan Vemic, the captain of the Serbian BJK Cup group, he was in my group a number of years in the past (and is my coach),” Djokovic informed reporters in Geneva on Tuesday. “He is right here, and will probably be at Roland (Garros).”
“Boris Bosnjakovic, who has been an analyst within the group and assistant coach, shares the upcoming tournaments with Dusan. After which we’ll see. I am not in a rush to decide on, or to know if I am going to have another person by my aspect or not. I do not know. I really feel good with them.”
Djokovic’s announcement comes on the heels of the Serbian splitting with Wimbledon champion Andy Murray on Could 13, lower than six months after hiring the three-time Grand Slam winner as his coach.
Djokovic, the boys’s record-holder with 24 Grand Slam singles titles, introduced on his longtime rival as a coach in late November. Murray had retired from his enjoying profession following the 2024 Summer season Olympics.
The partnership didn’t produce a title for the Serbian this season. He misplaced in his solely finals look of the yr — in Miami, to Czech opponent Jakub Mensik — and he was knocked out in his opening matches at Monte Carlo and Madrid.
“He sees the sport in an unbelievable approach,” Djokovic mentioned of Murray. “However, how may I say it, we didn’t obtain collectively what we hoped to attain when it comes to outcomes. Typically it really works, typically it does not. We tried.”
Djokovic, who celebrates his thirty eighth birthday on Thursday, and Vemic have expertise in each the Davis Cup and ATP Tour.
Vemic, 48, has labored with the Bryan brothers, Andrea Petkovic and Brandon Nakashima, amongst others.
Djokovic will sq. off towards veteran Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in his Geneva opener on Wednesday. He’s on the lookout for his one hundredth profession ATP singles title.
–Area Degree Media