Serena Williams' ex-coach Patrick Mouratoglou declares Novak Djokovic "the best of all time," but additionally says that it has by no means been "harder" for the Serb to win a Grand Slam.
In 2023, the Serbian tennis star received three Majors and formally beat out Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer within the Grand Slam race.
Since then, Djokovic has made just one Slam ultimate – he was overwhelmed by Carlos Alcaraz within the 2024 Wimbledon title match. In 2025, the 38-year-old made the semifinals of all 4 Majors, however nonetheless didn't handle to make a single ultimate. And the largest cause for that was the presence of Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
Alcaraz and Sinner have every received 4 Grand Slams since 2024. Three of 4 Main finals this 12 months featured a match between the Spaniard and the Italian.
In terms of Djokovic's stage, it’s fairly clear the place he stands heading into 2026 – he’s nonetheless able to making a run on the largest stage, however the Alcaraz and Sinner problem seems to be an excessive amount of to beat in the mean time.
Mouratoglou hopes Djokovic wins his 25h Main: It's by no means been so troublesome…
“What can be superb is to see Novak win no less than one final Grand Slam. It’s by no means been so troublesome as a result of, as everyone knows, Sinner and Alcaraz are killing the sport. They’re a lot above," Mouratoglou stated in a video uploaded to his Instagram.
“When Novak needed to play them, he stated it was too troublesome, too excessive, particularly in 5 units. The possibilities are small, Novak himself says it. However how superb it will be for him, who’s the best of all time on the lads’s facet, to win one final Grand Slam within the period of Alcaraz and Sinner, and rating that unbelievable twenty fifth Grand Slam.”
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This previous season, Djokovic retired injured towards Alexander Zverev within the Australian Open semifinal. In the remainder of his Slam 12 months, he was twice overwhelmed by Sinner and as soon as by Alcaraz.
It stays to be seen if Djokovic can flip again the clock and grow to be the first-ever male or feminine participant with 25 Grand Slam singles titles.
