Coach Patrick Mouratoglou reveals that ‘perfection’ is the first word that comes to mind when someone mentions 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. On Instagram, Mouratoglou posted a video in which he answers what comes to mind when someone mentions certain players.
Mouratoglou called the video ‘word association game’ ‘perfection’, Mouratoglou replied when asked for the word that comes to mind when someone mentions Federer. When asked about former 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras, Mouratoglou gave an interesting answer – exit.
Mouratoglou was impressed by the way Sampras exited professional tennis. “Exit. He wasn’t supposed to win a Grand Slam for a long time. He decided that winning a Grand Slam would retire and found a way to win the US Open.
The day after he ended his career. Best exit ever,” said Mouratoglou.
Mouratoglou associates Federer with perfection, Rafael Nadal with struggle
Here is the full list of Mouratoglou’s mentions: Rafael Nadal (fighter), Novak Djokovic (dominant), Andre Agassi (return), Bjorn Borg (charisma), Stefanos Tsitsipas (fire), Boris Becker (jumping volleyball), Daniil Medvedev (humor) , Alexander Zverev (indestructible) and John McEnroe (free).
After Djokovic’s Wimbledon win, Mouratoglou said the race to be the best player of all time “is still on”
Nadal still holds the record of 22 Grand Slam titles, but Djokovic is still in contention with his 21 Grand Slam titles. On the other hand, Federer remains at 20 and many consider it unrealistic for the Swiss to win another Grand Slam title even as he prepares for his comeback at the Laver Cup at the end of September.
Nadal picked up an abdominal injury at Wimbledon but is expected to be able to compete at the US Open. Djokovic, meanwhile, is perfectly healthy but is likely to miss the US Open due to his vaccination status.
Djokovic cannot enter the United States as an unvaccinated alien and Nadal may be the only Big 3 at this year’s US Open.
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