Boris Becker interferes with Novak Djokovic Wimbledon prep with mistake warning
Boris Becker has given his previous cost Novak Djokovic a warning after winning his 23rd Grand Slam title. The retired German star used to teach the world No 1 and has waded into Djokovic’s Wimbledon preparations. Becker stated the Serb wanted to keep away from making the identical mistake he did final time he was midway to the Calendar Grand Slam.
Djokovic made historical past on Sunday as he received a report twenty third males’s singles Major and concurrently grew to become the primary man to win all 4 Grand Slams at the very least thrice. With the victory, he additionally put himself midway to the Calendar Grand Slam – successful all 4 in the identical 12 months.
The 36-year-old got here inside one match of the Calendar Slam again in 2021 – successful the primary three of the 12 months earlier than dropping within the US Open remaining. And Becker has had his say on Djokovic’s probabilities as he warned his previous cost to not let historical past repeat itself.
“It would be a mistake, from his point of view, to make it obvious now,” he stated of the Calendar Slam on Eurosport’s Das Gelbe vom Ball podcast. “Because you know what happened last time: He won three, was in the final and then couldn’t stand the nervous strain.”
Becker coached Djokovic from 2013 to 2016 and urged the 36-year-old to deal with Wimbledon alone as a substitute of successful all 4 Majors this 12 months. He continued: “That’s why he should really only concentrate on Wimbledon.
“But the man wants to break records. I don’t know which one he can still break, the calendar Grand Slam in one year, that’s maybe the only one still outstanding. 100 per cent, he’s thinking, but I hope he won’t talk about it and just go out on the grass, try to win Wimbledon now, and then the US Open will come at some point.”
A 3-time Wimbledon champion himself, Becker stated Djokovic was the heavy favorite to select up his twenty fourth Grand Slam crown at SW19. And the 55-year-old couldn’t see any of the younger gamers actually difficult the world No 1 simply but.
“As an athlete, I think it’s a mistake to talk too loudly about the big goals, to tell the public what you’re up to. Talking about it for a long time after a victory is fine, but before a victory, it’s often a mistake, and often you don’t win that,” he stated.
“That’s why: Rule in silence, train and then win, and then you can talk about your victory for weeks. I think at Wimbledon, he is still in a state of euphoria, he is on cloud nine, and for me, he is the clear top favourite.
“But then comes the summer break, and he has to ask himself when he has 23 Grand Slams, or 24 with a Wimbledon win: Where is the journey going? ‘I can’t and don’t want to play forever.’ He also answered this question after the press conference, according to the motto: ‘When I stop winning, then the question arises.’
“‘But as long as I win Grand Slam tournaments, I want to do that until the end of my days,’ so as long as he keeps winning, as long as he is still playing for the big titles, he will keep going. At some point, the younger generation will overtake him, but I don’t see that happening for a while yet.”