Asked to react about Novak Djokovic’s victory against Lorenzo Musetti after an exceptional duel on the night of Saturday to Sunday at 3e tour of Roland‐Garros, Patrick Mouratoglou, consultant for France TV and coach of Holger Rune, spoke about the complicated start to the season for the world number 1.
“I have a little theory about Novak Djokovic, at least about what happened in recent weeks. Already he is obviously an extraordinary player, the greatest of all time, he has broken all records and he has now been fighting for 15 years with a certain Federer and a certain Nadal to become the greatest of all time in terms of number of Grand Slam titles. It turns out that Federer stopped his career, Rafa, recently, was really in distress, he has been injured for a while, everything suggested that he would never come back. And I think that suddenly he said to himself: ‘I won, I’m going to finish with the greatest number of titles’ and that affected him in terms of motivation, it’s at least the reading I have on what has happened in recent months. I had never seen him like that, he was empty, literally, he had no energy, no desire, and I really think that he had a lack of motivation linked to a completely new situation and a feeling that the fight was finally over. »
Published on Sunday June 2, 2024 at 7:09 p.m.
