Leading tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou has declared that Novak Djokovic has proven that mentality is the \u201cmost important thing\u201d in tennis as he\u00a0labelled the Serb \u201cthe strongest\u201d of the Big Three.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> has collected most of the most significant records in men\u2019s tennis during his remarkable career.<\/p>\n The 37-year-old has won a men\u2019s record 24 Grand Slam titles, having surpassed his great rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer \u2014 who rank second and third with 22 and 20 majors respectively.<\/p>\n Speaking to\u00a0Eurosport France<\/a>, Mouratoglou claimed Djokovic initially had a \u201cvery average game\u201d and argued this makes his ascension to the very top all the more incredible.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at the three greatest, whether it pleases you or not, there is one of the three who is the greatest of all,\u201d assessed the Frenchman.\u00a0\u201cHe was world number one the longest, he won the most Grand Slams, the most Masters 1000, he beats them everywhere. It\u2019s Novak.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at the three, there are two who occupied the position when Novak arrived. Everyone said they were unbeatable. Novak arrived with a very average game.<\/p>\n \u201cEven today, at the end of his career, when you look at Rafa\u2019s game, Roger\u2019s game, Novak\u2019s game, it\u2019s incredible that Novak is the strongest of the three, the one who broke all the records.<\/p>\n \u201cIt shows that the most important thing is not in the tennis, in the racket. Obviously you need tennis, but the most important thing, what really makes the difference, is the state of mind, the mentality.<\/p>\n The 5 men with most weeks in first spell as world No 1: Sinner close to eclipsing Nadal & Djokovic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 5 men with the most Barcelona Open match wins: Rafael Nadal with 67<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI know it bothers some people to say that, but it\u2019s the most important thing, by far.\u201d<\/p>\n Mouratoglou also addressed the suggestion that statistics are not the only factor in the GOAT debate.<\/p>\n \u201cI completely agree with the idea that numbers aren\u2019t everything, of course,\u201d he continued. \u201cMaybe in 50 years, people will say that Federer left an infinitely greater mark than Novak.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, when we have to designate the best player of all time, we have to base it on achievements. If we base it on another criterion, it\u2019s completely subjective, it no longer means anything. The very idea of \u200b\u200bthe top level is \u2018who is the best?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cPlayers compete against each other; at the end of each week, there\u2019s a best of the week; at the end of each year, there\u2019s a best of the year. So, it\u2019s a false debate. If the question is: who is the best? Then it\u2019s Novak.\u201d<\/p>\n Mouratoglou currently coaches Naomi Osaka, while he has previously worked with Serena Williams, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune.<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek break silence on sending letter to Grand Slams about prize money<\/a> The post \u2018Novak Djokovic arrived with a very average game \u2013 it\u2019s incredible he surpassed Federer & Nadal\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leading tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou has declared that Novak Djokovic has proven that mentality is the \u201cmost important thing\u201d in tennis as he\u00a0labelled the Serb \u201cthe strongest\u201d of the Big Three. Djokovic has collected most of the most significant records in men\u2019s tennis during his remarkable career. The 37-year-old has won a men\u2019s record 24 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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