Novak Djokovic’s Most ‘Underrated’ Quality Dissected as Serena Williams’ Former Coach Delves Into the Serbinator’s Game

In the professional world, coaches guide their clients to improve their performance. But then few extraordinary coaches never leave a chance to share their knowledge. They motivate youngsters who aspire to enter the sport by dissecting the know-how of the best in the game. One such example is Serena Williams‘ former coach Patrick Jean Andre Mouratoglou. Given his experience & glory record with the American legend, he is one of the most capable people to judge the qualities of stars like Novak Djokovic. That’s exactly what he has done, decoding the Serbinator’s underrated quality.

Serena Williams’ former coach helped her to win 10 Grand Slam titles and 1 Olympic Gold medal during his tenure of a decade (2012-2022). He has been one of the finest in the business. His analysis is always top notch and here is what he says about the world number one Novak Djokovic’s most ‘underrated’ skill.

Serena Williams’ former coach spill the beans to get impeccable forehand

Mouratoglou has regarded Novak Djokovic, as the best returner of serve he has ever seen. He has also admired his body shape and balance along with the Serb’s incredible grip. A tennis grip means how you hold the racquet and where you place your fingers and position your hand to make the most out of the shot. It’s quite vital to learn for the budding stars in tennis. Here’s what he says while describing Djokovic’s forehand, which goes unnoticed most of the time.

“Nole’s forehand is one of the best. What’s the most tracking is the delay of the racket head. As you can see it, his hands accelerate fully in the direction of the ball while Nole’s wrist stays totally loose. As a consequence, the racket head is pointing in the direction of the back fence. The grip cap is pointing at the ball.”

“This is what I call the Whip Effect. The delay of the racket head will create a huge acceleration. As the hand goes in the direction of the ball and as the racket is late, it comes back extremely fast to hit the ball,”  he said in one of his Facebook posts.

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The famous tennis coach looks to be quite impressed with the forehand of the world number one. He hopes that all tennis enthusiasts copy this technique and improve their shots to excel in this beautiful sport.

The Mouratoglou Factory’s contributions to Williams and tennis world

The 53-year-old coach has coached Aravane Rezai, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune and many more. Currently, he was coaching Simona Halep, as she was handed a suspension after testing positive for a banned substance. Mouratoglou has been running an academy named Mouratoglou Tennis Academy since 1996 in France. He has coached many icons of the sport. Now, he looks forward to polishing more rough diamonds and contributing to his beloved sport.

Richard Williams helped Serena to get a platform. But it was Patrick Mouratoglou who helped her regain her self-belief. Can Mouratoglou help Simona Halep to make a grand comeback in the near future? We’ll wait and see. What do you think? Let us know in the comment box.

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