Novak Djokovic reacts to Jannik Sinner crediting his recommendation, explains why he did it

Novak Djokovic says he finds passing on his information as “pure,” and that is why he gladly gave recommendation to Jannik Sinner following their 2022 Wimbledon conflict.

In 2022, Sinner got here out firing towards Djokovic of their Wimbledon quarterfinal conflict because the Italian went up by two units early on. However after being over the Serb for 2 units, the Italian – who was 20 on the time – collapsed and the file 24-time Grand Slam champion got here again to win 5-7 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2. Had he overwhelmed the Serbian large, he would have made his maiden Grand Slam semifinal.

As everybody is aware of, so much has modified since their final assembly as Sinner is now a four-time Grand Slam champion ahd has had a number of stints on the world No. 1 spot. Additionally, the present world No. 2 has been dominating Djokovic, successful all of their final 5 matches on the ATP Tour. 

On Thursday, they clashed within the Six Kings Slam exhibition and Sinner registered a 6-4 6-2 win. 

Talking with the media, Djokovic was instructed concerning the Italian crediting his recommendation for serving to him so much, and requested to deal with it.

Djokovic: No person did it for me, however it’s pure for me to advise others

“I did it as a result of it’s pure, one thing that for me it’s logical… Of my biggest rivals, no one has performed it for me, solely once I was younger we had the identical coach, Ivan Ljubicic, who was No. 3 and I used to be high 100, I had the identical coach as him, Riccardo Piatti in Italy,” the 38-year-old stated in Italian.

Nole was requested what prompted him to provide recommendation to Sinner and if anybody had performed it with him.

“I did it as a result of it’s pure, one thing that for me it’s logical…of my biggest rivals no one has performed it for me, solely once I was younger we had the identical coach, Ivan Ljubicic who was… pic.twitter.com/Gtg2HVLZHq

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Two of Djokovic’s 2025 Grand Slam runs had been ended by Sinner – the Serb misplaced to the Italian within the French Open and Wimbledon semifinals.