Djokovic is Normal, Not Federer or Nadal- Pat Cash

Former world no. 4?Pat Cash has?praised?Roger Federer?and?Rafael Nadal, longevity in the sport. The Australian also made some interesting comparisons between the two. ‘I don’t understand how he does it, I really don’t know,‘ Cash said about Nadal.

‘It’s some form of obsession, there is no doubt about it, I don’t know what drives him, but it has to be. Federer as well … Why would he be playing at the age of 36 other than to please your adoring fans and because he likes playing and he likes to win titles? There is some obsession, there is some ego-driven thing that’s really pushing them massively.

Novak [Djokovic] is normal. Novak said, “I lost motivation.” That is normal. In my era, the Tour wasn’t as nice and as comfortable as it is now. We had to travel and go overseas and it wasn’t exactly first-class seats.

We almost all lost motivation’.?Cash also believes that if Nadal implements defensive tactics, he won’t be able to beat Federer and win Wimbledon again. The 1987 Wimbledon champion stated: ‘I think he’ll struggle on faster courts because of the position where he is standing.

He did win the US Open [in 2017], but let’s face it the draw was pretty favourable. I think some of the bigger hitters will put him in a lot more trouble on a faster court. I’d like to see him come up. There is no reason why he shouldn’t do well at Wimbledon, but he is not going to if he stands way back on his returns.

He’s not going to beat Federer with the tactics he’s got now.’

Meanwhile, on the subject of Wimbledon, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic seem to have sailed through so far. Djokovic is currently facing Horacio Zeballos and Nadal against Mikhail Kukushkin. Meanwhile, Federer had a straight sets win over Lukas Lacko.