Ivanisevic's tremendous hit to Tsitsipas: "With my age and my knee, I am in better physical shape than him"

One of the great novelties presented at this Wimbledon 2025 was the alliance between Goran Ivanisevic and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Despite an early defeat, the Greek spoke very positively in the press conference about his new relationship with the coach, although it seems that not everything has been as nice as the tennis player portrayed.

In recent statements, Goran himself made it clear that Stefanos has several significant shortcomings that condition this relationship both in terms of tennis and physically. Strong words from the Croatian coach that shake the circuit completely, all awaiting to see how the situation evolves for the upcoming tournaments.

An important problem

"It's simple and not simple at the same time. I have talked to him many times. If he solves some problems outside of tennis, he will have an opportunity and will return to where he should be because he is too good of a player to be outside the top 10," Ivanisevic stated in remarks to Sport Klub.

"He wants to, but he doesn't do anything. He just keeps saying 'I want, I want', but I don't see that effort. I was shocked; I have never seen a player in worse physical condition in my life. With this knee, I am three times fitter than him. This is really bad."

The beginning of the relationship

"It's a new relationship, although I have known him for many years, I know how he plays, I have sat many times in front of his box. He is getting used to me, I am getting used to him; he has to start the process again. He started a great tournament like Wimbledon, but he doesn't have as much confidence on grass. Even when he was at his best, he never did very well on this surface, in this event," as reported by SDNA.

"I told him to relax, to try, and what's done is done. It's not the tournament where you arrive and find your rhythm because it's tough on grass. It's a process; you can't arrive and start playing well right away, it doesn't work like that. He played two good matches in Halle, trained with good players in the exhibition tournament."

This is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, El tremendo palo de Ivanisevic a Tsitsipas: "Con mi edad y mi rodilla, estoy en mejor forma física que él"