Federer’s ex-coach Annacone left speechless by Djokovic as he learns from Serb
Roger Federer’s former coach Paul Annacone has heaped the reward on Novak Djokovic after he secured his twenty fourth Grand Slam title of his profession when successful the US Open final weekend. The Serbian impressively beat Daniil Medvedev in straight units with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 success on Sunday evening in New York.
Djokovic was overcome with emotion after the success over his Russian rival to attract stage with Margaret Court’s document of successful 24 Grand Slam titles, and he might be hopeful of surpassing her 50-year document on the Australian Open in January.
Despite seeking to have been battling an harm, Djokovic battled properly towards Medvedev and left many speechless with how he put his opponent to the sword late on. Annacone is amongst his admirers and has admitted that he has ‘given up’ making an attempt to place his finger on why the 36-year-old is such an unbelievable tennis participant.
Speaking after Djokovic’s victory, he advised the Tennis Channel: “Well for me, whenever I see matches like this I always try to put my student hat on and learn, right? And you see the result and you see what happened, but I always try to figure out why. You know, when you look at the numbers of what Novak’s done throughout his career, they continue to just astound me. And you look at the pivotal moments.
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“There’s about seven minutes in the second set where that match totally could have been flipped on its head. And magically and a way with will and expertise and experience, Novak gets through and turns that into a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 routine match – but not really. And so you’re trying to figure out why.”
Annacone is without doubt one of the most revered coaches within the trade and his work with Federer and Pete Sampras has meant that his identify has been written into the historical past books, however he admits that he has no selection however to easily sit again and revel in Djokovic’s capability somewhat than making an attempt to work out methods to higher him.
“I just remember I have Pete Sampras whispering in my ear – because I used to ask him all the stuff – and he used to say, ‘You know what? Sometimes good just wins, but good doesn’t beat great very much,’” the previous world No 12 defined. “And you know, Medvedev is very good and he’s right there to being great. But Novak is an all-time great.
“And maybe there’s just not a why. Maybe it’s just that big moment. So as much as we try to figure it out, I tell you I used to have a full head of hair, I don’t anymore trying to figure it out. But now I just sit back and I just applaud. It is so much fun just to watch this guy do what he does. It’s absolutely miraculous.” Annacone is at the moment working with American star Taylor Fritz, who was overwhelmed by Djokovic within the quarter-finals of the competitors earlier this month.