Gilles Simon was surprised at how the players chose the wrong tactics against Novak Djokovic, despite the Serbian’s lack of dynamics in his style.

Old World No.6 Gilles Simon recently opened in a podcast about how new players failed to beat Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic He’s had an outstanding season this year as he has won almost everything he has played. The Serbian holds the record for the most ATP titles won together. carlos alcaraz Despite missing several tournaments in 2022(5), including 2 Grand Slams.

The 37-year-old French player quit tennis. Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 a month, and more recently, he attends some podcasts and tennis talks. In a recent analysis, she analyzed how the new players didn’t try to exploit the Serbian physical decline. She said she was surprised that the Serbian player is still pushing her limits and using strategies to defeat the young guns.

As Simon puts it, “What I don’t understand when I watch Djokovic is that he isn’t a player who crosses a slice at two o’clock in an hour because he always does that. , which covers! We’ve seen him do this on TV for 20 years and nothing else. I saw his game against Tsitsipas in Bercy and finally I tell myself that the game was played in one or two points. If you earn a point this way (Result may be different)“

Continuing the line of thought, Simon touched on analytical approaches against a versatile player like Djokovic. He noted, “And I tell myself we still see him playing Novak! When crushed, it is automatic. If you block a player’s favorite areas, at some point the player will force it..

“If you force him to play in an area he likes less, he will start to miss one and you will reciprocate when he returns to his area. Against these players we’ve seen playing billions of times, I’m always surprised when we end up being tactically wrong.” (Source:#1 podcast In RMC, translated via Google)

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Novak Djokovic leads the majority of young players head-to-head

Born in the 1980s, Novak Djokovic now struggles with the 2000s generation, in addition to the 1990s generation. He has consistently shown the tennis world how to deal with faster young players who are now in their best form. But even more interestingly, the question is how long it can go on.

Djokovic has a record of wins against most players born in the 1990s outside of the Australian Powerhouse (at least 2 matches played against each other) Nick Kirgios (1-2) and 29 years old Czech Jiri Vesely (0-2). They are leading 10-2 against Stefanos Tsitsipas, 24, and 4-0 against Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23. Casper Ruud8-4 against the 26-year-old player Danil Medvedev7-5 against 25-year-old Alexander Zverev and 29-year-old player Dominik Thiem.

The 2000-born player has a record losing against Carlos Alcaraz, 19 years old (0-1), while he drew 1-1 against Felix Auger Aliassime, 22, and Holger Rune, 19 years old. . He defeated 21-year-old Jannik Sinner twice and once. He also has a 3-0 record against the promising 20-year-old Lorenzo Musetti. 2023 promises to be a war between three generations of tennis, and the tennis world has been waiting for it.

As Simon explains, the new weapons will have to try something different to stop the Serbs in the coming seasons.

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