Novak Djokovic ‘shedding motivation’ as Federer, Nadal and Murray idea raised

Renowned tennis coach Gunter Bresnik thinks Novak Djokovic’s time on the prime of males’s tennis is coming to an finish following his Wimbledon ultimate loss to Carlos Alcaraz. The 36-year-old is getting no youthful and misplaced his world No 1 rating this yr.

Bresnik, who skilled the likes of Boris Becker, Patrick McEnroe and Dominic Thiem, feels the altering of the guard is now. And his idea is that Djokovic is not as motivated as a result of his nice rivals Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are usually not difficult him for the Major titles.

“I have the theory that the rivalries with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray drove him to top performances – of course that also applies to the others. Not only in the match, but also in the time in between, during training or preparing for a match,” Bresnik informed Kleine Zeitung.

“And this rivalry does not exist with Alcaraz. I have always said that Djokovic will lose motivation once there is no more constant competition with Nadal and Federer and he has won 23 Grand Slam titles.

“Alcaraz, alternatively, performed freely and finds it simpler in opposition to the older ones, as a result of they’re on the decline. The branches are excessive, however descending.”

Becker has also recently claimed the young guns are now ready to step into the shoes of the Big Three.

“I see it as a altering of the guard,” the German claimed. “I see it as a recreation that can go down in historical past, and we’ll be speaking about it in ten years.

“This is the day Carlos Alcaraz came of age, and we’ve seen a lot of praise now in the last 48 hours. But who did he do it against? Yes, against the most successful of all time, so not just anyone.

“This is a subsequent, crucial level. Where is tennis going? Roger, Rafa and Novak, there’ll in all probability by no means be such triumphs once more. Three gamers who’ve gained 20 or much more Grand Slams.

“In my time, Pete Sampras did the impossible at 14, but now you have three players who have won over 20 majors. And, of course, they have also ensured incredible popularity, worldwide.”