In a recent interview with Tennis365, the French coach Patrick Mouratoglou discussed Andrey Rublev’s anger management, explaining his point of view. In his analysis, Naomi Osaka’s coach explained how the Russian needs anger to play his best tennis.
Mouratoglou said how Andrey had some difficult moments this year, he struggled to control himself and hurt himself. The former coach of Serena Williams said how the Russian had a moment like that in the UTS final in London last year. On that occasion Patrick had seen him after the match, revealing how Rublev felt very bad about himself, he apologized 200 times, he was very embarrassed, but when he is in the heat of the moment, he is not really himself, it is the heat of the moment that puts him in difficulty.
“I think he needs this madness to play at his best and if he tries to control it because he is afraid of going too far, then it is difficult for him to find his tennis, so it is a fine line for him to walk,” explained Mouratoglou.
It is the uncontrollable anger of a boy with a heart of gold and a very sensitive character. The commitment of the world number 8 in social work and his interest in sensitive issues such as the war between Russia and Ukraine have allowed him…
