For nearly 20 years, the rivalry between Djokovic, Nadal and Federer has animated the ATP Tour. The three players have shared more than 60 Grand Slams and to obtain 22 of them, Novak Djokovic used a rather special technique when he was under the aegis of Boris Becker. In a documentary retracing his life, the German explained his method of motivating the Serb.
22 is the number of Grand Slams won by Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. That’s two more than a certain Roger Federer, recently retired. For two decades, the trio fought a merciless battle to dominate the circuit and break all records. In addition to having obtained 22 Majors, Djokovic now holds the record for the number of weeks as world number 1 on the circuit, having exceeded 378 weeks at the end of February. Steffi Graf.
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“Do you want your mother to cry?”
To achieve these different feats and stay at the top, Absent had to experiment with a bunch of methods, including one revealed by his former trainer. In a documentary retracing his life on Apple TV+, Boris Becker revealed his radical way of motivating the Serb: Do you want your mother to cry or do you want her mother to cry? You are a proud family man. You would do anything to protect your family. That’s how it should be played. This is the attitude to adopt. Rafael wants to do the same, Roger wants to do the same and Andy wants to do the same. They want to protect their family. Now go ahead and do it “, dropped the German in the documentary “ Boom! Boom! The world against Boris Becker ».
Djokovic stronger than Nadal and Federer?
Novak Djokovic has also claimed in the documentary to have learned from Becker during their collaboration, at the level of ” the mental strengthneeded to play under pressure. Finally, Absentbeat her Rafael Nadal 30 times for 27 defeats since 2006. Facing Roger Federer, the world number 1 has 27 wins for 22 losses. A domination which is therefore confirmed even in direct confrontations.
