Patrick Mouratoglou says that Novak Djokovic‘s motivation is back for 2025 – and he may well win a Grand Slam this year.
In the latest episode of Eye of the Coach, the Frenchman says he thinks that the former world No 1 lacked a little motivation last season – but that will not be the case in the 12 months ahead.
With the appointment of new coach Andy Murray, and the suggestion that he will play in more tournaments, it looks like Djokovic is raring to go.
“The fact that he wants to play much more shows how motivated he is this year,” says Mouratoglou, adding: “Novak is Novak, the greatest player of all time. We can’t forget that: someone who has incredible resources when he has the motivation that he had all his career. If the motivation is really back, we have to count on him, and I can’t believe he’s not going to win at least one [Grand Slam] this year.”
In the latest episode of Eye of the Coach, the Frenchman says he thinks that the former world No 1 lacked a little motivation last season – but that will not be the case in the 12 months ahead.
With the appointment of new coach Andy Murray, and the suggestion that he will play in more tournaments, it looks like Djokovic is raring to go.
“The fact that he wants to play much more shows how motivated he is this year,” says Mouratoglou, adding: “Novak is Novak, the greatest player of all time. We can’t forget that: someone who has incredible resources when he has the motivation that he had all his career. If the motivation is really back, we have to count on him, and I can’t believe he’s not going to win at least one [Grand Slam] this year.”
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00:00Novak is Novak. He's the greatest player of all time.
00:02We can't forget that.
00:06We were discussing the other day with the team,
00:08Novak was still able or not to win Grand Slams and beat Alcaraz Sinner.
00:122023, unbelievable year for Novak.
00:15Wins three Grand Slams, final of the fourth one.
00:172024, no Grand Slam wins.
00:20A lot of bad losses, which is something very new for him.
00:23The main problem in 2024 was the motivation,
00:25with Rafa being out of the tour.
00:28In a way, he won his fight against the two others.
00:30He felt like, finally, I got it.
00:33I won the fight of all my career.
00:35He fought within himself to find motivation,
00:37and he couldn't find a way except at the Olympics,
00:39because that was the title he really needed.
00:41What about 2025?
00:42So he made a big change, hiring Andy Murray.
00:44What I noticed already is what he says.
00:46And he says how big his motivation is,
00:48but he also said that he took the decision to play much more.
00:51And if you look at last year,
00:52you could feel that he didn't feel like playing.
00:54He was going only for the big tournaments,
00:56cancelled a lot of tournaments.
00:57He was not in the mood to compete,
00:59because he had no motivation.
01:00The fact that he wants to play much more
01:01shows how motivated he is.
01:03And I think it's all about that.
01:04If his motivation is at its top,
01:06he can compete with the two other guys.
01:07I'm not saying that he has the same margin
01:09that he had before, for sure not,
01:11because the two other guys progressed,
01:12and also others.
01:13If the motivation is really back,
01:15we have to count on him.
01:16I can't believe he's not going to win at least one this year.