Famous tennis coach
Patrick Mouratoglou believes that Serbia’s
legendary tennis star
Novak Djokovic can play at the highest level for three or
four years. The 37-year-old is already regarded as the greatest player in the history
of men’s tennis in the Open era, having won as many as 24 Grand Slam titles.
Djokovic recently participated in the Paris Olympics, where
he finally managed to complete his trophy cabinet after winning the gold medal
for his country. He defeated Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the final in straight
sets with a score of 7-6, 7-6. After the victory, the Belgrade-born star burst
into tears and showed how much it meant to him to complete the puzzle after securing
the biggest triumph for his country at the highest level.
Mouratoglou, who is a famous tennis coach, was recently
quoted in a report, stating that, from his point of view, Djokovic can play
at the highest level for another three to four years. The 54-year-old was of
the opinion that it was clear that the former world number one lacked
motivation before the Paris Olympics, and it will be the biggest challenge for
him going forward. The Neuilly-sur-Seine-born believed that Djokovic needs a challenge from players such as Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to continue pushing to
produce positive results in the future.
“I think Novak can still play three or four years at the
highest level,” he said. “The real question is about his motivation. I think he
really struggled with motivation until the Olympics. Everybody felt like it was
the end for Rafa, Novak felt it too. For sure, it hit his motivation really
hard. But after that, Rafa came back on clay, his level was good and I think
this gave extra motivation to Novak. Sinner started to play great. Alcaraz
again, I think it touched his ego, and he came back really strong and finally
won the title that he was chasing his whole career, which was a gold medal at
the Olympics. The only confrontation he can have now is probably Carlos and
Jannik pushing him, beating him, him feeling his ego touched and wanting to
show that he's still great.”