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The comparisons never end when it comes to Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. It happens to the Big 3 all the time. This is Picasso, the other is Michelangelo. One is geometry, the other fantasy, and so on. We all do it, we (the media) – a gang of tennis-sick psychopaths – including, the fans do it, the tennis players themselves do it. All enthusiasts do it.
Serena Williams’ former coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, also did it, comparing Novak Djokovic to Cristiano Ronaldo and Roger Federer to Lionel Messi. The two soccer players who have dominated (almost) unchallenged over the last 15 years, monopolizing soccer. Does it remind you of anything? The difference is that our monsters were three, considering Nole, Roger and Rafa Nadal.
Through an Instagram post, Mouratoglou analyzed his concept, explaining how Messi’s soccer has similarities with Roger Federer’s tennis. At the same time, Serena and Simona Halep’s former coach highlighted how Ronaldo’s desire to always remain at the top is equivalent to that of Djokovic.
“I was talking to a friend of mine and we were saying that Federer is Messi and Djokovic is Ronaldo. Why? Because Federer is a crazy…
