Andre Agassi announces coaching split from Novak Djokovic

Published 31/03/2018 at 08:20 GMT

Andre Agassi has announced that he has ended his coaching relationship with former world number one Novak Djokovic.

Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic

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Agassi started working with the 12-time Grand Slam winner ahead of last year’s French Open but stopped short of a year in the Djokovic camp.

The American explained that differences of opinion with the Serb lay behind the decision.

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“With only the best intentions I tried to help Novak,” Agassi said in a statement released to ESPN.

We far too often found ourselves agreeing to disagree. I wish him only the best moving forward.

Djokovic reached the quarter-finals in Roland Garros, and subsequently at Wimbledon, but an elbow injury ruled him out for the rest of 2017.

With Agassi by his side in Melbourne, Djokovic suffered a shock defeat to Hyeong Chung in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January.

Radek Stepanek remains on Djokovic’s coaching team.

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