STUNNING COUP SEES TSITSIPAS HIRE FORMER SLAM WINNER AS COACH AFTER ROLAND GARROS

It's been a pleasant past couple of months for Stefanos Tsitsipas. (Getty/Clive Brunskill)

In a shock move, former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanišević will coach world No.8 Stefanos Tsitsipas after the French Open, according to the Greek Gazzetta.

Ivanišević has previously coached Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina, with his partnership with the latter lasting three months amid a murky situation involving Rybakina's former coach Stefano Vukov. 

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He will come as a welcomed addition to Tsitsipas' team, especially considering the Greek star has lacked stability since parting ways with his father, Apostolos, as coach last year.

Tsitsipas admitted he was failing to find the right "hunger" after his first-round exit at this year's Australian Open, but the 26-year-old is rediscovering his old self, winning an ATP 500 title in Dubai and securing a quarter-final berth at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000.

The move is designed to make a deep run at Wimbledon, with grass being Tsitsipas' least preferred surface having never reached the last eight at the All England Club.

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