Chris Evert sees positive future for men’s tennis: “Americans doing great, Djokovic priming to be the GOAT”

18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert and coach Patrick Mouratoglou responded to negative comments about the present of men's tennis

The first major of the year ended with Novak Djokovic winning his 10th Australian Open and tied Rafael Nadal as the male players with most Grand Slams, both with 22. In the same tournament, other tennis players who had a great performance were some young American tennis players, such as Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton and J.J. Wolf.

Read also

Novak Djokovic's Australian Open opponent believes injury was 'far-fetched': "A lot of combative athletes can't continue with the same thing"

Some Twitter user commented that men's tennis is out of date, citing Federer's retirement and Nadal's injuries as an example:

https://twitter.com/ATP22/status/1620808001723703300?s=20&t=YRpO2YbCLg8d265WtKs4uQ

Former world no. 1 Chris Evert responded to the user and wanted to highlight positive aspects that were seen in Melbourne.

https://twitter.com/ChrissieEvert/status/1622230614077317124?s=20&t=YRpO2YbCLg8d265WtKs4uQ

The American made the mistake of making her comment in a tweet from Serena Williams' former coach Patrick Moratoglou, so the Frenchman responded to Evert:

https://twitter.com/pmouratoglou/status/1622231121227386882?s=20&t=YRpO2YbCLg8d265WtKs4uQ

https://twitter.com/ChrissieEvert/status/1622231960436211713?s=20&t=YRpO2YbCLg8d265WtKs4uQ

Mouratoglou, who currently works with Holger Rune, started the debate when he talked about the opportunity he will have this year to play in the Grand Slams:

https://twitter.com/pmouratoglou/status/1620777188521054208?s=20&t=YRpO2YbCLg8d265WtKs4uQ

Read also

"You literally accused Maria of lying": Tennis fans accuse Evert of hypocrisy after response to Sharapova's doping scandal compared to Halep