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Djokovic added coach to Wimbledon

As the head of the Health and Performance Assessment Department at Riccardo Piatti Tennis Center in Italy, Sirola has more than 20 years of experience in physical development and body restoration in the world sports industry. Previously, Croatia experts worked with many famous players, such as Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Milos Raonic, Borna Coric, Ivan Ljubicic or Maria Sharapova.

"Dalibor will accompany me to the tournaments. Wimbledon is a test for us to see if everything is effective. "Dalibor has great experience. He knows tennis, every detail ".

Sirola is a necessary addition and very timely for Djokovic, especially when two other long -time members in the Nole team do not appear. It is a physiotherapist Miljan Amanovic, who is still hospitalized because of health problems encountered at Roland Garros. The other person is the physical coach Gebhard Gritsch left the team.

"I stopped working with Gritsch as a physical coach ", Djokovic revealed. "But he always helped, advised and gave me advice. In addition to these two faces, the team of Serbia players still expert physics Claudio Zimaglia - who started working with Nole from the end of 2022 to replace Ulises BADIA. During the press conference before Wimbledon, Sinner refused to reveal the reason for him to stop cooperating with Barma and Panichi. According to Italian media, the reason is that Panichi has made some interviews without permission, then made comments to make Sinner and the manager unhappy.. Therefore, the world's number one player decided to break up with Panichi, leading to a badger - who often accompanied Panichi as a team - also chose to leave.

in Wimbledon, Sinner and Djokovic in the same semi -final branch. In the first round, Sinner encountered compatriots Luca Nardi, while Djokovic confronted Alexandre Muller on July 1.