a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n\u201cHe was crazy motivated for the Olympic Games, he made the gold medal, and he beat Alcaraz in the final.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time he went to a Grand Slam, he was ready to win. Now he\u2019s not, so he doesn\u2019t expect to go all the way. Why? Not the age, not the level of tennis. Because he\u2019s fit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he practises and prepares, he can play. Of course, he doesn\u2019t recover as well as before but he can make the matches easy until at least the quarters or the semis.<\/p>\n
\u201cNovak is the strongest mental in the history. If he wants something, even if the level is here (high) and he is here (low), he\u2019s gonna match it. He\u2019s gonna find a way. He is going to take the most important points of the match, then he\u2019s going to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s only about motivation. He knows it better than anyone. He has all the keys, we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rick Macci, a former coach of Serena and Venus Williams, hit back at Mouratoglou\u2019s comments on his X\/Twitter account.<\/p>\n
\u201cWas asked about Mouratoglou[\u2018s] latest silly dig that Novak is not motivated enough to win another Slam and he only wants people to talk about him,\u201d Macci wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cHalf right but wrong person. He (Djokovic) is unreal motivated to win another Slam and Patrick wants people to talk about him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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