“Djokovic takes care of his skills, physical and psychological fitness” – Tursunov

Serbian Novak Djokovic wins through skill, physical and psychological fitness, says former tennis player, Russian coach Dmitry Tursunov .

Djokovic defeated Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open final on Sunday to win his 22nd Grand Slam title, equaling Rafael Nadal’s record.

– I think young people are not ready yet [к победам над Джоковичем]. Novak has a huge experience behind him. It seems to me that the only way to win these finals, to beat such players, is to play boldly, unbridled. How, for example, Rune beat Djokovic [в финале парижского «Мастерса»]because trying to outplay him on the backline or be conservative is a game of nowhere.

There is no sense that he is on his last breath, as is often the case. It didn’t take long for such a feeling to end Roger: it was clear that there was no longer that pool of skill one could just roll over. But Novak starts with both skills, physical form and psychology. It is very difficult to imagine that a young man will now come out and meet him.

It needs to be played. And to beat you need to have several components. Therefore, it seems to me that the younger generation still lacks these components. Yes, there are separate episodes – Danya Medvedev beat him in the 2021 US Open final – but keep in mind that Novak then played under enormous pressure.

I think many pundits would say that Novak then played pretty passively, which doesn’t happen in a Grand Slam final. At the same time, Danya played very well, there are no questions for him. But it’s very hard to imagine under what pressure Novak was playing then,” Tursunov told Metaratings.ru.

Djokovic is 35 years old, on January 30 he returned to the first line of the ATP rankings, and the Serb also leads the race for the championship of the organization.