BELGRADE.- The Serbian Novak Djokovicliving legend of tennis, will face Roland Garros with a renewed team of collaborators, with his compatriot Viktor Troicki as the new head coach, confirmed this Wednesday the former number one of the ATP.
Troicki, former world number 12 and captain of the Serbian team Davis Cupwas part of the coaching staff that led Djokovic to individual Olympic gold in Paris 2024.
“Welcome my friend, teammate and now coach… Viktor Troicki,” wrote Djokovic, currently fourth in the ranking, on his Instagram profile.
The press had been speculating that Troicki was Djokovic’s new coach, since they were seen together in a training session on Tuesday in Paris, also in the company of the German tennis player. Alexander Zverev.
At the moment, Djokovic did not give more details about the restructuring of his coaching staff and it is expected that he will be able to provide more information about it at the press conference he has scheduled in Paris before Roland Garros starts this Sunday.
Djokovic (38 years old), winner of 24 Grand Slam tournaments in the past, and Troicki (40 years old) have been friends since childhood.
Both have even shared a team in the past in Davis or in competitions such as the ATP Cup 2020 at the beginning of the season, where they gave the title to Serbia in the final against Spain by beating in the decisive doubles match Feliciano Lopez and Pablo Carreño.
Auger-Aliassime out in Hamburg
The tournament Hamburg ATP 500in the final stretch towards Roland Garrossaw this Wednesday how his first seed, the Canadian, fell Felix Auger-Aliassimewhile the Peruvian Ignacio Buse beat the czech Jakub Mensik to seal the ticket to the quarterfinals.
Buse, number 57 in the world, endorsed an unappealable 6-0 and 6-3 against Mensik, 28th in the ranking ATP and champion of the prestigious Miami Masters 1000 last year.
In the next round, Buse will face the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (34th), who beat the Russian Karen Khachanov (15th) by 6-3, 3-6 and 7-6 (7/3).
But the main defeat of the day in the German city was that of Auger-Aliassime, fifth player in the world, who was beaten 4-6, 7-5 and 6-4 by the American Alexander Kovacevic (94th) in the second round.
