His opinion and his analyzes are always captivating. Patrick Mouratoglou has worked with the greatest players throughout his coaching career. The coach of Serena Williams, who plays his semi-final against Naomi Osaka, studied closely what is happening on the circuit and at theOpen d’Australie of Melbourne.. This gave him an interesting opinion on the impact of the current situation on the best players in the world. According to him, the players who enjoy a strong notoriety are used to living with a more or less confined lifestyle such as Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer… An approach as surprising as it is interesting!
Mouratoglou: “The absence of an audience doesn’t bother Serena …”
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“Serena, Novak, Rafa, Roger … they are used to living in a bubble and away”
The French coach has developed a theory on the impact of the bubble and containment on the very best. : “The bubble doesn’t affect Serena, she already lives like that. When you have this level of awareness, you don’t live like everyone else and you don’t go to a restaurant every night it’s impossible. She spends most of her time in her bedroom. If you ask Novak, Rafa or Roger, it’s the same, they are used to living in a bubble and away so it doesn’t make a big difference“
Patrick Mouratoglou also thinks the audience impact is not that important for the more determined players: “The absence of an audience doesn’t bother her at all. Not that she doesn’t like there to be an audience, but she’s in her bubble, she’s playing her game. I think the people that bothers the most are the showmans who need the audience to find extra motivation. Those who are in representation in which there is tennis and other things, hot shots etc … They are really bored without an audience. Those who only think about winning the tournament, it bothers them less, it does not prevent them from playing their best tennis. Of course everyone prefers to play with an audience, but it’s okay not to have one. It more annoys those who feed on the public, who are like in one-man-show.”
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