Jessica Pegula’s coach and Jim Courier both make bold claims about Novak Djokovic’s serve
Novak Djokovic has a case for being the best men’s tennis player of all time. Despite his greatness, serving hasn’t always been his best asset.
Photo by Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images Novak Djokovic has a case for being the best men’s tennis player of all time. Despite his greatness, serving hasn’t always been his best asset. In fact, the Serb has completely transformed that part of his game over the years.
Djokovic has put in the hard work to improve a weakness – and now serves as well as anyone on tour. Jim Courier says Novak Djokovic’s serve has never been better Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Speaking on the latest episode of ‘Beyond the Numbers’, Courier shared his thoughts on how far Djokovic’s serve has come.
“What’s amazing to me, I think his serve is better now after he had that [elbow] procedure, than it’s ever been,” he said. Jessica Pegula’s coach, Mark Knowles, was in full agreement. “1000%.
Remember back to those times, there was a worry that he might not come back,” said Knowles. “The elbow was struggling, the service motion was off. He was not serving well; it was kind of disjointed, you were like, ‘Wow, this might take him down.