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[Joca97]

Just heard the news that Djokovic has split with his long term ^{15 year} coach Marian Vajda.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-vajda-split-march-2022

Could this

Djokovic began his season at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where Jiri Vesely upset him
in the quarter-finals. On Monday, Daniil Medvedev passed the Serbian for the No. 1 ATP Ranking.

have had anything to do with this move? or maybe there were tensions relating
to COVID vaccines in the team?

This is a big move, will it result in a short term lul in performance/winning
from Djokovic?

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

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[babygun]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

[mv1986]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

Well not to forget that six out of twenty Grand-Slam titles have been won with Boris Becker as his coach. What will be interesting to see is whether Djokovic might now be going through a bad phase with all The Australian Open trouble, then the early loss now at the last tournament. He might benefit from a French law regarding the French Open, but right now I wonder whether he really might dominate the tennis world for another couple of years.

[Kemarit]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

Well not to forget that six out of twenty Grand-Slam titles have been won with Boris Becker as his coach. What will be interesting to see is whether Djokovic might now be going through a bad phase with all The Australian Open trouble, then the early loss now at the last tournament. He might benefit from a French law regarding the French Open, but right now I wonder whether he really might dominate the tennis world for another couple of years.

Maybe he just need to win one game, one tournament, how big and small just to get back again. For sure we've seen him recovered, from injury and some controversies and still win a title.

So we will see how he will do in the next quarter of the calendar, with a new coach and fresh outlook on the game, perhaps a new version of Djokovic will come out for the better.

[aoluain]

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Interesting idea, maybe with the success of Nadal and how well he is playing
in 2022 so far Djokovic feels he needs to bring his tennis to an even higher level
^{if thats possible?}

As mentioned above Marian Vajda was only one part of the coaching team, I'm
sure Djokovic will be retaining other key people in his team.

[Joca97]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

With Raducanu and Djokovic its completly different. Raducanu is a really young player and she fired here coach after she won out of nowhere her first tournament and a giant one. That decision was so stupid that she now deserves to play this bad honesty. While with Djokovic he knows Vajda so well that he thinks he cannot learn anything from him anymore.

[Vaskiy]

^
Interesting idea, maybe with the success of Nadal and how well he is playing
in 2022 so far Djokovic feels he needs to bring his tennis to an even higher level
^{if thats possible?}

This is possible, but not with his very limited tournament participation. Soon things will change to normal life, and we can see the change. The vaccine has turned to be a big issue for him. To overcome the same itself he needs time.

As mentioned above Marian Vajda was only one part of the coaching team, I'm
sure Djokovic will be retaining other key people in his team.

Yes, he's part of the coaching team and now he have coach Goran Ivanisevic. The travel with coach Vajda have lasted for 15 years with an years break during 2017.

[mv1986]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

Well not to forget that six out of twenty Grand-Slam titles have been won with Boris Becker as his coach. What will be interesting to see is whether Djokovic might now be going through a bad phase with all The Australian Open trouble, then the early loss now at the last tournament. He might benefit from a French law regarding the French Open, but right now I wonder whether he really might dominate the tennis world for another couple of years.

Maybe he just need to win one game, one tournament, how big and small just to get back again. For sure we've seen him recovered, from injury and some controversies and still win a title.

So we will see how he will do in the next quarter of the calendar, with a new coach and fresh outlook on the game, perhaps a new version of Djokovic will come out for the better.

I do agree that he might recover, but I wonder whether he will get back to the best level he ever played on. Like literally the invincible. I am not so sure whether that is going to happen again,. While he loses the last tournament in the quarter finals, Nadal keeps on delivering and that might give a boost to Nadal. If he now also takes him his 1000th French Open title ( ), I think Djokovic might feel less motivated than we know him.

[Rabi3]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

Well not to forget that six out of twenty Grand-Slam titles have been won with Boris Becker as his coach. What will be interesting to see is whether Djokovic might now be going through a bad phase with all The Australian Open trouble, then the early loss now at the last tournament. He might benefit from a French law regarding the French Open, but right now I wonder whether he really might dominate the tennis world for another couple of years.

Maybe he just need to win one game, one tournament, how big and small just to get back again. For sure we've seen him recovered, from injury and some controversies and still win a title.

So we will see how he will do in the next quarter of the calendar, with a new coach and fresh outlook on the game, perhaps a new version of Djokovic will come out for the better.

a player like a djokovjc can get through tough situations like these, I even think that he could come out of nowhere to win the French Open when everyone are expecting Nadal to dominate since he made a crazy comeback from the break, I hope Nole will get back to his form to make every tournament entertaining with Nadal, Medvedev...etc

[Trofo]

Anybody watched first day of Davis Cup? Is it all played in same revenue and what is the turf? Would like to play some bets today and it is difficult without knowing how fast is the surface.

There was a lot of strange results yesterday so I'll probably try to continue in same way and place some handicaps on underdogs.

[aoluain]

Anybody watched first day of Davis Cup? Is it all played in same revenue and what is the turf? Would like to play some bets today and it is difficult without knowing how fast is the surface.

There was a lot of strange results yesterday so I'll probably try to continue in same way and place some handicaps on underdogs.

Not watching it, I cannot seem to find a channel where it is televised.

If you go to the Davis Cup site and go to the qualifiers link > https://www.daviscupfinals.com/qualifiers-2022

and click into a match you will get the surface type.
I have tried your +5.5 handicap tip twice during the week with good results so far
so yea I might do the same in some Davis Cup matches.

[Trofo]

Anybody watched first day of Davis Cup? Is it all played in same revenue and what is the turf? Would like to play some bets today and it is difficult without knowing how fast is the surface.

There was a lot of strange results yesterday so I'll probably try to continue in same way and place some handicaps on underdogs.

Not watching it, I cannot seem to find a channel where it is televised.

It is televised on local televisions for each country and some sports channels. I have coverage of several matches but the odds are rubbish and I can't place handicaps on all the matches I want. There simple isn't any markets.

Thanks for link, I see now they are played in different countries on different surfaces. I thought this will be same as last year, one venue for all of them but I guess that comes only in the final stage.

[Theones]

Anybody watched first day of Davis Cup? Is it all played in same revenue and what is the turf? Would like to play some bets today and it is difficult without knowing how fast is the surface.

There was a lot of strange results yesterday so I'll probably try to continue in same way and place some handicaps on underdogs.

Not watching it, I cannot seem to find a channel where it is televised.

It is televised on local televisions for each country and some sports channels. I have coverage of several matches but the odds are rubbish and I can't place handicaps on all the matches I want. There simple isn't any markets.

Thanks for link, I see now they are played in different countries on different surfaces. I thought this will be same as last year, one venue for all of them but I guess that comes only in the final stage.

I read on internet KOKKINAKIS CLINCHES the win for Australia after almost seven years, some good stuff for Aussie fan after the sad new Shane Warne passing.  People in our country have not much interest in Tennis, it is considered as sport of elite. I keep my self update by reading the new on internet. My local news channels doesn't tell anything about the tennis neither I found any sports channel broadcasting Devis Cup in our region. I will keep coming back to the forum for more update.

[mv1986]

Well last time when Djokovic didnt have Vajda he was in deep trouble and couldnt win and was injured most of the time. The problem is that Djokovic has Ivanisevic aswell and this is why Vajda probobly left because of not going much to tournament at all. I dont think its due to covid at all

Quite surprising news given the time they already work together. Having a new coach will always bring new insights and tactics but it is not always a good choice to split with long time coaches. See Radanescu, she split with her coach after the US open win and since then, she hasn't really performed. She is offcourse young and there is a lot more pressure on her also.

Well not to forget that six out of twenty Grand-Slam titles have been won with Boris Becker as his coach. What will be interesting to see is whether Djokovic might now be going through a bad phase with all The Australian Open trouble, then the early loss now at the last tournament. He might benefit from a French law regarding the French Open, but right now I wonder whether he really might dominate the tennis world for another couple of years.

Maybe he just need to win one game, one tournament, how big and small just to get back again. For sure we've seen him recovered, from injury and some controversies and still win a title.

So we will see how he will do in the next quarter of the calendar, with a new coach and fresh outlook on the game, perhaps a new version of Djokovic will come out for the better.

a player like a djokovjc can get through tough situations like these, I even think that he could come out of nowhere to win the French Open when everyone are expecting Nadal to dominate since he made a crazy comeback from the break, I hope Nole will get back to his form to make every tournament entertaining with Nadal, Medvedev...etc

He might have that chance one more time as he is going to turn 35 this year. His goal will certainly be to win most GS titles and get back to rank number 1, but nobody really knows whether he will still resist to get vaccinated. So far he said he is willing to skip tournaments and titles for the sake of having the last word about his body.

What I am interested in even more is whether we get to see Federer one more time. Maybe Wimbledon is when he wants to say good bye.

[og kush420]

Anybody watched first day of Davis Cup? Is it all played in same revenue and what is the turf? Would like to play some bets today and it is difficult without knowing how fast is the surface.

There was a lot of strange results yesterday so I'll probably try to continue in same way and place some handicaps on underdogs.

Not watching it, I cannot seem to find a channel where it is televised.

It is televised on local televisions for each country and some sports channels. I have coverage of several matches but the odds are rubbish and I can't place handicaps on all the matches I want. There simple isn't any markets.

Thanks for link, I see now they are played in different countries on different surfaces. I thought this will be same as last year, one venue for all of them but I guess that comes only in the final stage.

I read on internet KOKKINAKIS CLINCHES the win for Australia after almost seven years, some good stuff for Aussie fan after the sad new Shane Warne passing.  People in our country have not much interest in Tennis, it is considered as sport of elite. I keep my self update by reading the new on internet. My local news channels doesn't tell anything about the tennis neither I found any sports channel broadcasting Devis Cup in our region. I will keep coming back to the forum for more update.

Yes - it was a great win and he was very happy on this win. I am not a tennis fan but I couldn't stop watching the match. It was a great game, throughly enjoyed it. Anyone has any idea who he is playing next and when is the match? I got hold of the match because I was in different region - my local news channel do not broadcast tennis matches also.

[aoluain]

Davis qualifiers have been completed and the teams heading to the finals are:

France
Spain
Belgium
USA
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Australia
Kazakhstan
Sweden
Argentina
Korea Republic


Lyon

The womens final at Lyon is today between Zhang ^China and Yastremska ^Ukraine

Yastremska beat the second seed Cirstea yesterday in a 3 set battle, I just caught
half of the last set. Yastremska has really done well to get to the final to play Zhang
who is seeded 8 and who beat Garcia yesterday in 2 sets 2-6, 5-7.

[Cnut237]

Lyon

The womens final at Lyon is today between Zhang ^China and Yastremska ^Ukraine

Yastremska beat the second seed Cirstea yesterday in a 3 set battle, I just caught
half of the last set. Yastremska has really done well to get to the final to play Zhang
who is seeded 8 and who beat Garcia yesterday in 2 sets 2-6, 5-7.

I'm going to go with Yastremska to win this, she's been riding a huge wave in this tournament after fleeing Ukraine, and I think everyone in the crowd will want her to win the title. She may be a wild-card, but she's got the ability. And I think after the US Open last season, no-one is surprised to see a wild-card or qualifier burst through from nowhere.

[Daniel91]

I just came across one tennis news story that surprised me.

''Andy Murray back with Ivan Lendl who helped him win Wimbledon, US and Olympic titles''
''Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray are getting back together again, with the two due to start work in the United States next month.''

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/60618699

As for Murray, I was actually expecting completely different news, that he was finally retiring from tennis after a long tennis break due to numerous injuries.
What is truly amazing is his great perseverance and love for tennis, and his willingness to continue despite all the problems due to injuries.
That’s why I have a lot of respect for him as a tennis player, but I don’t think even his former coach and tennis legend Lendl can help him get back on the tracks of old glory.
What do you think?

[Uang_kartal]

Davis qualifiers have been completed and the teams heading to the finals are:

France
Spain
Belgium
USA
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
Australia
Kazakhstan
Sweden
Argentina
Korea Republic


Lyon

The womens final at Lyon is today between Zhang ^China and Yastremska ^Ukraine

Yastremska beat the second seed Cirstea yesterday in a 3 set battle, I just caught
half of the last set. Yastremska has really done well to get to the final to play Zhang
who is seeded 8 and who beat Garcia yesterday in 2 sets 2-6, 5-7.

  These countries walk with pride, how happy it would be if I became a citizen of one of those countries, hehe but maybe some future performances might be able to participate, and I'm happy to watch it, some of these countries defend and compete, I am so supportive and hopefully can run well, maybe not too free, yes, not like last year, but in my opinion it doesn't reduce to excitement like a proper match,
  Yastremska is the superior team, yes, during the match, I agree with @Cnut237, especially when you leave Ukraine, there may be other reasons. About something that happened in Ukraine, it doesn't hinder the talent and performance of the athletes, and I think they deserve and deserve to be appreciated.

[Kemarit]

I just came across one tennis news story that surprised me.

''Andy Murray back with Ivan Lendl who helped him win Wimbledon, US and Olympic titles''
''Ivan Lendl and Andy Murray are getting back together again, with the two due to start work in the United States next month.''

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/60618699

As for Murray, I was actually expecting completely different news, that he was finally retiring from tennis after a long tennis break due to numerous injuries.
What is truly amazing is his great perseverance and love for tennis, and his willingness to continue despite all the problems due to injuries.
That’s why I have a lot of respect for him as a tennis player, but I don’t think even his former coach and tennis legend Lendl can help him get back on the tracks of old glory.
What do you think?

Weird news, isn't it, when we thought that he is done with tennis because of his health and obviously it has affected his performance, comes this news that he will still continue and with Lendl again?

I'm not sure what Andy needs to really quit the game for good. The competition right now is on the highest level and he didn't even win any tournament when he comes back and yet he is still pursuing this tennis dream to at least end the note with one a final championship.