If Djokovic won the French Open, would it lessen his motivation, thus no Slams in future?

[thomasferrett]

No spoilers but if Djokovic had won the French Open today, would it hurt his long-term career because since he'd have accomplished his biggest goal, he would lose motivation to perform at the level he had been previously?

This is kinda what happened to Murray after he won Wimbledon.

 

[Mr.Lob]

His long term goal is probably to finish with more slams than Fred.

 

[Legend of Borg]

" if Djokovic had won the French Open today"

wat

 

[5555]

No. Superman has motivaton to surpass Lex Luthor's 17 slams.

 

[scotus]

His immediate goal is calendar year Grand Slam.

If he accomplishes this, then he would be only 3 slams away from catching Federer.

Judging from his competition, this is very doable. Murray, on the other hand, is too far removed from any of these lofty goals.

 

[ollinger]

would it hurt his long-term career because since he'd have accomplished his biggest goal

Huh??? Laver won a CYGS, stuck around another 7 years to win another, and played yet another 6 or 7 years beyond that! Whatever Djokovic's biggest goal was yesterday, he may have a very different one tomorrow. When you start a thread based not on what makes sense but what you wish for (as indicated by your other thread suggesting Novak won't surpass Rafa in slams), you wind up writing something pretty incoherent.

 

[FudgeControl]

No spoilers but if Djokovic had won the French Open today, would it hurt his long-term career because since he'd have accomplished his biggest goal, he would lose motivation to perform at the level he had been previously?

This is kinda what happened to Murray after he won Wimbledon.

That's an absurdly stupid question, to which I answer "no". Unlike Federer, Nadal, and Murray, Djokovic is constanly hungry for glory and success. Federer looks for the easy way out; Nadal is a fighter, no question, but he has descended from his former glory; Murray will always be Murray: a below-decent number 2 with only 2 good seasons.

2 reasons Murray got worse after Wimbledon 2013 were that he was having back problems and he had been under a lot of pressure to defend his maiden grand slam - something Lendl never taught him to do. When the time came for Murray to mount a major title defense, Murray choked and blinked.