Patrick Mouratoglou has been coaching
Serena Williams for a few years and he sees a lot of similarities between her and
Novak Djokovic whom he watched closely a few times.
Djokovic, as many tennis players, has used the Mouratoglou facilities in the south of France several times to prepare with the most recent time coming before the Paris Masters. Djokovic practiced with Medvedev at the facilities and it gave Mouratoglou a good chance to observe the Serbian. According to Mouratoglou, he seems a lot of similarities between Djokovic and Serena Williams.
He explained on his Instagram account:
“[With] champions, they have the mindset and the mindset builds the
tennis. So it’s all about the mindset and that is true for everything.
Whatever you do, if you have the right mindset, you’re going to make it. Some players that I know, they are champions in their mind, I know
that [in] their second life after tennis, they’re going to do great
because they process the right way."
He further continued saying:
“The people who have the best mindset naturally, are the ones who are going to go the furthest. I remember Novak [Djokovic], he was 17, you don’t think, ‘WOW! His
tennis is incredible’. No, but he has [an] unbelievable mindset. He has
the ultimate mindset of a champion. Same as Serena. They developed their tennis. Same with Lleyton Hewitt, you see
Lleyton Hewitt, you don’t think ‘wow, the tennis was incredible,’ yet he
was number one in the world because he has the mindset of a champion.”