Ivanovic delays coach search until after SW19

Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic will not attempt to hire a new coach until after Wimbledon. The 2008 Roland Garros champion has not had a full-time coach since parting ways with Antonio Van Grichen in February. She has been working with adidas Player Development coach Darren Cahill, but he also does analysis for ESPN and has been helping Andy Murray. Ivanovic said in the early spring that she didn't want to hire a full-time coach, but now she feels that she is getting less than part-time help.

"I spoke to Darren a lot. I'm like, Darren, can you spend more time with me?" Ivanovic said after her 6-3, 6-0 victory over Eleni Daniilidou in the second round of Wimbledon. "But it's hard. Things change constantly. Darren is helping Andy and he's commentating. The original plan that we had, it's that he was going to spend a little more time with me. But it change obviously since Andy came on-board and then also since his commitments towards ESPN. When I was in America, we did spend a lot of time on court and it gave results. But it changed a little. It made me think. I spoke a lot to Darren about things to do. He understands the situation, that it's very, very hard for him to commit, to come out and watch also matches during the Grand Slams."

Ivanovic has also worked with adidas coach Sven Groenefeld in the past, but he's spending most of his time with No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, and is also helping Murray as well as Laura Robson.

"He has lots of adidas players," Ivanovic said. "I saw him with Laura the past few days. It's hard. They do have a lot of players. I think lot of players are starting to use the program again. So I'm definitely going to have a talk with them as well and see how to approach things. But also now I feel like I'm playing good, and I want to keep this rhythm. It's not something I want to stress myself during the Grand Slam. But for sure  as soon as this is over, I'll give more thought to it."