Six-time former Grand Slam winner Boris Becker coached Novak Djokovic for 2 years earlier than the pair break up in 2016.
Novak Djokovic has not received a Grand Slam because the 2023 US Open (Picture: Getty)
Former Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has warned Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner that Novak Djokovic stays a menace. Considered one of Alcaraz and Sinner have received the final 9 Grand Slam singles titles within the males’s recreation.
Djokovic’s 2023 US Open victory was the final time neither participant received a slam. That victory in New York secured a twenty fourth Main title for the Serb and he has not appeared near successful an all-time report twenty fifth since – largely as a result of emergence of Alcaraz and Sinner. Djokovic has reached two Grand Slam finals since he final received one – with Alcaraz beating him on each events at Wimbledon in 2024 and this yr’s Australian Open.
Many have questioned whether or not the previous world No1, extensively thought-about the game’s greatest-ever participant, can win one other slam as he approaches 40. The tennis legend turns 39 in Might and continues to play a restricted schedule exterior of the 4 majors.
However Djokovic’s former coach Becker has backed the Serb to stay harmful – even amid Alcaraz and Sinner’s dominance. The German factors to his current run to this yr’s Aussie Open closing the place he beat Sinner within the semi-finals earlier than dropping to Alcaraz in 4 units within the closing.
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are dominating males’s tennis (Picture: Getty)
“And Carlos is simply 22 and Jannik is 24. However, alternatively, I actually need to see different gamers come and problem them. I’m pondering of [Alexander] Zverev. He served for the match within the Australian Open semi-finals in opposition to Alcaraz. It was very shut.
“And we mustn’t overlook Djokovic. So long as he’s enjoying, we should always remember him. He operates in a somewhat distinctive sphere, along with his report of 24 Grand Slam titles.
“He was even within the closing in Melbourne. Really, so long as he’s an expert tennis participant, he might be a power to be reckoned with.”
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The six-time Grand Slam champion additionally shared his view Sinner and Alcaraz’s significance to tennis. He compares the duo to a different tennis legend in Ivan Lendl and himself.
He added: “Sinner and Alcaraz are like ice and fireplace, like the connection between Lendl and me. I discover Alcaraz a captivating participant. He’s precisely what tennis wants. He’s charismatic, a pleasure to look at, a real artist of the sport. I don’t see any weaknesses in him.
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“However artists want a supply of inspiration, and I believe Sinner is his. As a result of if the matches turn out to be too simple for him, I’m afraid he’ll begin to get bored. However he’s solely 22, and the sky’s the restrict.”
Sinner has reclaimed the No1 rating from Alcaraz after beating him in Sunday’s Monte Carlo closing. It’s unclear whether or not both will function in Madrid subsequent week, with the latter pulling out of Barcelona on Wednesday with a suspected wrist harm.
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