Toronto, ON
An announcement from the tennis world on Friday night caught many people off guard. Former Grand Slam Champion and Hall of Famer Andre Agassi has decided to leave Novak Djokovic’s coaching team.
In a quote published on ESPN’s broadcast of the second Miami Open Semi-Final between Alexander Zverev and Pablo Carreno Busta, Agassi said “With only the best intentions I tried to help Novak. We far too often found ourselves agreeing to disagree. I wish him only the best moving forward”
Agassi was brought into the Djokovic camp in May of last year to try and turn around the fortunes of the 12-time Grand Slam champion. Since losing in the 2016 Wimbledon Final the former World No. 1 has been a shell of himself. He has been battling through an injured elbow which has limited his play to just three wins in six matches in 2018. He missed the latter part of 2017 with the same injury as well.
Radek Stepanek, who was brought into the Djokovic camp in December of 2017, will remain with him. Djokovic is next scheduled to play on the clay in Monte Carlo beginning in 10 days.
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