‘Saw the Old Novak Djokovic Again’- Remarkable Similarity Between Two Former Pupils Revealed by Legendary Tennis Coach

Jannik Sinner‘s ex-coach, who happened to be Djokovic‘s former coach too, dropped an exclusive compliment about the Italian tennis prodigy. This coach, Riccardo Piatti, trained Sinner from 2014 to 2022. Not to forget, this is a truly long partnership between Piatti and Sinner. Now after his pupil’s outstanding performance, Riccardo Piatti felt overwhelmed to share an exclusive thought about Italy’s rising star in tennis.

Piatti previously complimented Sinner after his 2023 ATP finals. Despite, Sinner’s defeat to Djokovic, Piatti seemed very happy and hopeful about Sinner’s performance. Now following his recent compliment, fans can truly understand Piatti’s admiration for Jannik Sinner.

Coach Riccardo Piatti complimented Jannik Sinner by finding similarities with one of his famous former pupils

Recently, this famous coach dropped an exclusive insight about Jannik Sinner, which was shared by a tennis source on their X (formerly Twitter) profile. Praising Sinner’s amazing mental qualities at such a young age, Piatti bought the reference of Djokovic. Piatti said “I had the chance to follow Djokovic when he was younger and [he and Jannik Sinner] have a lot of similar mental characteristics. Knowing Jannik very well, I saw the old Djokovic again.” Piatti’s compliment assured fans that Sinner is truly the next Djokovic of tennis. Now that Djokovic and his former coach think so, fans can’t ignore this fact completely.

The way Jannik Sinner bagged his Davis Cup victory right after his defeat to Djokovic at the ATP 2023 finals, surely presented his immense mental strength. By no means, did this Italian tennis star focus on his loss as a setback but used it to return as a champion to the next tournament.

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Even Djokovic spoke about Sinner’s tennis brilliance. Following all of this, Sinner truly brings a lot of expectation among fans regarding his upcoming tennis season.

Sinner’s former coach dropped praise for the tennis star’s great attempt to win the ATP Finals 2023

Despite, Sinner’s defeat, Ricardo Piatti spoke volumes of this rising tennis prodigy. Piatti said- “I always knew that Jannik was ready to do great things. Yesterday’s final is surely just the first of a long series he will play and win, and I wish Jannik the best of luck for this present and future.  also wanted to say to him “bravo” for not listening to the useless criticism he received during his last non-participation in the Davis Cup.” 

Piatti’s compliment assured fans that he is still amazed by Sinner’s amazing tennis skills. He will never stop supporting this tennis star in his future tennis challenges.

Ricardo Piatti’s compliment for Jannik SInner surely assured fans about Sinner’s ability to become the next world’s number one tennis star. If she truly continues to perform with such maturity and poise, he will definitely see a calendar Grand Slam soon.

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