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class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"25 Feb 2026 6:10 PM\" data-ps-date=\"25 Feb 2026 6:10 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1772043033\"><br \/>\n                            25 Feb 2026 6:10 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-appears-criticise-former-coach-goran-ivanisevic\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a 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                 <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F07%2FStefanos-Tsitsipas-Goran-Ivanisevic-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured: Stefanos Tsitsipas and Goran Ivanisevic\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Stefanos Tsitsipas with Goran Ivanisevic inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Stefanos Tsitsipas has aimed a dig at his former coach Goran Ivanisevic and suggested there was \u201canxiety\u201d when the Croatian was a member of his team.<\/p>\n<p>The former world No 3 was coached by Ivanisevic during the grass-court season last year, with pair\u2019s short and seemingly tumultuous partnership ending in July.<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/stefanos-tsitsipas\">Tsitsipas<\/a> retired in his opening round match at Wimbledon, Ivanisevic publicly and bluntly criticised Tsitsipas\u2019 lack of preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to, but he doesn\u2019t do anything. All, \u2018I want, I want\u2019, but I don\u2019t see any progress,\u201d the former world No 2 told Sport Klub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked, I\u2019ve never seen a more unprepared player in my life. With this knee, I\u2019m three times more prepared than him. This is really bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ivanisevic, who started working with French star Arthur Fils this month, is highly regarded on the ATP Tour for his success coaching Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic.<\/p>\n<p>The 2001 Wimbledon champion coached his Croatian compatriot Cilic to his only Grand Slam title at the 2014 US Open before helping Djokovic win nine majors between 2019 and 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stefanos-tsitsipas-set-lowest-ranking-2018-after-early-dubai-championships-exit\"><strong>Stefanos Tsitsipas set for lowest ranking since 2018 after early Dubai Championships exit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-feels-greek-dinner-stefanos-tsitsipas\"><strong>Novak Djokovic \u2018feels Greek\u2019 as Stefanos Tsitsipas shares insight from dinner with tennis icon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas is now coached by his father Apostolos, who he split with for a spell in 2024 and 2025, and also Dimitris Chatzinikolaou, Greece\u2019s Davis Cup captain.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek is set to drop outside the top 40 in the ATP Rankings after his Dubai Championships title defence ended with an opening round defeat on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The National in Dubai, Tsitsipas described his time working with Ivanisevic as a \u201cbrief but intense experience\u201d and seemed to criticise the Croat\u2019s ability as a coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel homey with my team,\u201d the 27-year-old said. \u201cI feel like they belong exactly where they\u2019re at. And I feel like there\u2019s no anxiety around my team. There was a period where there was anxiety. New faces, new members were added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it created a lot of confusion instead of clarity. I regret certain decisions that I jumped into and took based on performance of their own in the past and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learnt through it is it doesn\u2019t mean if you\u2019re a good tennis player, if you played good tennis in your life, you can be a good coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve learnt from this whole process. And sometimes you got people that are right for you that weren\u2019t necessarily the best players in the world, weren\u2019t necessarily Grand Slam winners, weren\u2019t necessarily legends of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo these type of people sometimes can bring the best out of you instead of people that have a certain status in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Grand Slam finalist added: \u201cPeople that pretend they know it all and people that have this sort of persona that, \u2018I\u2019m in charge and I know how things work\u2019, I don\u2019t really enjoy that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-roger-federer-most-difficult-opponent-goat-ivan-ljubicic\">Federer, Nadal, Djokovic? 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