Djokovic cuts ties with a key figure in his career and has a new physical trainer
Novak Djokovic has been accompanied for a large part of his career by Gebhard Gritsch, a key figure for the Serbian from 2009 to 2025, playing a role as a physical trainer but also as an advisor in all aspects of the game. Before Wimbledon 2025, Novak surprised with the confession that he had stopped actively working with him, hiring Dalibor Sirola as his physical coach. "We have been working together for several weeks, he will travel with me and it will be a sort of trial. He knows tennis perfectly well," said Djokovic about a man who has built his career under the guidance of the Ricardo Piatti Academy.
#Djokovic on his new fitness coach Dalibor Širola:
"I stopped working with Gigi in that active role of fitness coach, but he will always be a kind of advisor and consultant to me — professionally, of course, and privately we are close, like family to me.
Dalibor is someone who… pic.twitter.com/reitij3zfA— Saša Ozmo (@ozmo_sasa) June 29, 2025
This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Djokovic corta relación con una figura clave en su carrera y tiene nuevo preparador físico