‘She Has No Mental..’- Serena Williams’ Ex-coach Patrick Mouratoglou’s ‘Awkward’ Conversation Proves the Dire State of Tennis Coaching

Serena Williams‘ former coach Patrick Mouratoglou is among the best modern-day caches. Apart from the rising competition in tennis, one aspect that players struggle with is the mental aspect. While many traditional coaches know their thing about training their wards for tennis, they fail to understand the importance of mental wellness.

Mouratoglou understands the importance of the right mental space for the players. He not only focuses on mental development but claims it is an inseparable element of tennis coaching. Here’s what he said about the role of mental conditioning for tennis players.

Patrick Mouratoglou speaks about the mental conditioning of players

In the past few years, especially after the COVID-19 lockdown, many players have reported mental health issues. The issue was there always, but after the players like Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios took the stand to speak about it, the issue is getting its due attention.

It is the role of a coach to prepare his ward for all kinds of challenges. While most of the coaches do well with the sport part, mental development is largely ignored. Serena’s former coach Mouratoglou gave his opinion on the same. Here’s what he said.

“I was on tour and a coach came to me and told me do you know a player that is looking for a coach? Because I am working with this player. I do great practice. But she can’t win a match because she has no mental. That’s the most awkward sentence I have ever heard. It’s part of the role of the coach to be also doing the mental part,” Mouratoglou said. He further added, “I believe that the mental part of the game is so much directly linked with the success that we can not say it is not my business. We also have to make sure that when the player goes to the match, he or she is perfectly mentally prepared to win.”

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It is lovely to see coaches taking mental development seriously.

Mouratoglou comes in support of Elena Rybakina’s coach

The first Grand Slam of the year had its fair share of controversies. One which made a great deal of noise was the behavior of Elena Rybakina’s coach. In a video, we can see him reacting angrily to the Kazakh tennis star. While many prominent tennis pundits like Pam Shriver called him out for his behavior, a few waited to understand the full story. Later, Rybakina herself came out and defended her coach.

Mouratoglou was quick to applaud Rybakina’s initiative to clear up all the negativity around her coach. The Frenchman also called out to people who were bashing her coach.

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Mouratoglou has never shied away from giving his opinion on hot topics. This time also he was on point and direct. The fact that the Kazakh tennis star herself clarified everything, the debate pretty much ends there.