Becker: Djokovic wasn’t working

Boris Becker has admitted the last six months coaching Novak Djokovic were “challenging” and claims the Serbian star was not practising hard enough.

Becker and Djokovic parted ways on Tuesday after a trophy-laden three years together that yielded six Grand Slam titles.

The news came just over a month after Djokovic lost his world No 1 ranking to Andy Murray.

Speaking exclusively to Sky News about the split, Becker said: “We came to an agreement we would end the relationship as of today. It was an unbelievable ride. We had three years of lots of success.

“Of course there are one or two losses that I would like to erase and not be reminded of but overall if somebody would have told us three years ago we are going to win six Grand Slams together, regain the No 1 spot in the world and just be the most dominant player, I would have signed up for that.”

After winning the Australian Open for a sixth time and then claiming a first French Open this year Djokovic was on course to complete a calendar year Grand Slam – a feat last managed in 1969 by Australian great Rod Laver.

But the 29-year-old bowed out in the third round of Wimbledon to Sam Querrey, lost in the first round of the Rio Olympics to Juan Martin Del Potro and then went down to Stan Wawrinka in the U.S. Open final.

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