“I lost three out of four Slams in semis against these guys, so they’re just too good, playing on a really high level,” confessed a dejected Novak Djokovic earlier this month after Carlos Alcaraz ended his US Open run. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was halted at the semifinals of all four majors this season, failing to go that extra mile and take his tally to the magical figure of 25 Grand Slams. After his hamstring injury forced him to bow out of Melbourne, Jannik Sinner proved his undoing in Paris and London, followed by the Alcaraz in New York. However, it seems the real cause of the Serbian’s failure might not be the Sincaraz duo’s dominance at all, according to this coach.

Patrick Mouratoglou— who previously guided Serena Williams to 10 of her 23 major titles back in the

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