Novak Djokovic's coach shares his long-time Roger Federer theory which is 'coming true'

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Djokovic’s coach has revealed that he always believed that his player and Nadal would surpass Federer’s record. He told Slobodna Dalmacija: “If someone had said ten years ago that both of them would surpass Federer, they would not have believed it.

“Even before I was in the team, I said that both Novak and Nadal would have more Grand Slam titles than Roger, and now it is coming true. It's hard to say how much he will have in the end."

Djokovic's coach shares long-time Federer theory which is coming true

NOVAK DJOKOVIC won his 21st Grand Slam last month at Wimbeldon.

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[TearTheRoofOff]

Saw the mugs a mile off. Fair play.

 

[ibbi]

Plenty of crazies talked plenty of silly, but there was no rational reason to take any of it seriously. Someday someone is going to say THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH and be right, it'll be unlikely that they worked it out through smarts.

 

[Serenathegoat]

Plenty of crazies talked plenty of silly, but there was no rational reason to take any of it seriously. Someday someone is going to say THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH and be right, it'll be unlikely that they worked it out through smarts.

I beg to differ, there was enough rationale, just that we never saw it. Roger Federer who was Godly in his heydays was later losing to Nadal and then to Djokovic by the time he was 30 and yet the man was fit and strong, he was ranked 1 in the world ( 2012), came back from an injury in 2014-2015 and looked very dominant to the field. Given how dominant Djokovic was in 2015, it was only logical that 6 years after that (2021) Djokovic would again be dominating if Federer could be so good at 34. What we never expected was Nadal playing this long at a very high level, that I would agree.

 

[FrontHeadlock]

All of this is a timing artifact. With every passing year it became more and more obvious that it was better to be late than early to the Big 3 party.

 

[Kralingen]

I repeat this again and again: Srdjan Djokovic was the only man on planet earth who actually predicted the 2010s decade in tennis correctly, making everything else he does and says magnitudes more hilarious.

 

[Tennfan123]

I don't agree that most people never saw it coming. In 2011, many were saying Djokovic would end up GOAT. Nadal always had high potential to over take him.
The Federer gloss started to wear in 2008.

 

[AO13]

Depends on when he predicted that.

When Nadal was at 14, Federer had 17, I also thought Nadal could end up with more slams than Fed, not before that. But I didn't belive in Djokovic reaching Fed's number even when he won that RG and got to 12, while Nadal and Federer were at 14 and 17 respectively. After that, Djokovic had those problems he had, and I thought he is done. When he got to 17th slam, it was the first time I said to myself, damn this guy could be the one with most Grand Slams when it's all said and done.

 

[jm1980]

Depends on when he predicted that.

When Nadal was at 14, Federer had 17, I also thought Nadal could end up with more slams than Fed, not before that. But I didn't belive in Djokovic reaching Fed's number even when he won that RG and got to 12, while Nadal and Federer were at 14 and 17 respectively. After that, Djokovic had those problems he had, and I thought he is done. When he got to 17th slam, it was the first time I said to myself, damn this guy could be the one with most Grand Slams when it's all said and done.

Here's how I thought Djokovic would end up in the Slam count over the course of his career:

Season	Total then	Predicted total	Federer total
2007	0	5-7	12
2008	1	5-7	13
2009	1	4-6	15
2010	1	2-4	16
2011	4	14+	16
2012	5	10-12	17
2013	6	8-10	17
2014	7	8-10	17
2015	10	12-14	17
2016	12	14-16	17
2017	12	12-13	19
2018	14	16-18	20
2019	16	18-20	20
2020	17	18-21	20
2021	20	21-22	20

It wasn't until after the 2020 season that I thought he realistically could surpass Fed

 

[Sudacafan]

I knew Federer was going to eventually be surpassed in the Slam count by Nadal after the USO 2017, and by Djokovic after Wimbledon 2019.
I knew Federer was never going to beat Nadal at Roland Garros after the final they played there in 2011.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

I beg to differ, there was enough rationale, just that we never saw it. Roger Federer who was Godly in his heydays was later losing to Nadal and then to Djokovic by the time he was 30 and yet the man was fit and strong, he was ranked 1 in the world ( 2012), came back from an injury in 2014-2015 and looked very dominant to the field. Given how dominant Djokovic was in 2015, it was only logical that 6 years after that (2021) Djokovic would again be dominating if Federer could be so good at 34. What we never expected was Nadal playing this long at a very high level, that I would agree.

Nah, that's the flaw in your reasoning. At the time, people understandably assumed Djokodal couldn't have the same success at Federer's age because of their very physical style of play (especially Nadal, because of his numerous injuries). And they expected younger ATG level players to emerge at any time.

 

[Sudacafan]

I beg to differ, there was enough rationale, just that we never saw it. Roger Federer who was Godly in his heydays was later losing to Nadal and then to Djokovic by the time he was 30 and yet the man was fit and strong, he was ranked 1 in the world ( 2012), came back from an injury in 2014-2015 and looked very dominant to the field. Given how dominant Djokovic was in 2015, it was only logical that 6 years after that (2021) Djokovic would again be dominating if Federer could be so good at 34. What we never expected was Nadal playing this long at a very high level, that I would agree.

Hi, long time no see.