Narbandian: I think Djokovic will be the player who has won the most Grand Slams

Narbandian (right) coaches Kecmanovic (left)

Former world number three Nalbandian recently decided to join serbian youngster Ketsmanovic's coaching team, and the Argentine revealed in an interview that he had searched his home to find his former racket and had not paid close attention to tennis in the past few years. After retiring in 2013, Nalbandian competed in a large number of rally and polo events in his free time.

However, on Monday, the day after Djokovic and Medvedev's Australian Open men's singles final, Nalbandian revealed that he had watched the match back in the hotel. In men's tennis, few people can beat all the members of the Big Three, and Nalbandian is one of them.

It is worth mentioning that Medvedev won the championship by beating three of the world's top three players (Djokovic, Nadal, Thiem) in last year's ATP year-end finals, and the last to accomplish this feat in a single event was Nalbandian, who beat Nadal, Djokovic and Federer in the 2007 Madrid Open, and two weeks later defeated Federer and Nadal at the Paris Masters. Nalbandian believes Medvedev's win in last year's year-end finals proved that beating the Big Three was possible.

"He proved that everyone can beat the Big Three." Nalbandian said, "The top players can beat them, it's not impossible. It's good that these young players can build that belief, they're very good players, but they're not superheroes, and a whole new generation of players has to build confidence first. ”

Nalbandian still has a high degree of respect for the Big Three, and the Argentine has won a total of 11 games against the Big Three. The last time Nalbandian played against the Big Three was in 2013 when he lost to Nadal in Sao Paulo.

"Most players are waiting for the day when the Big Three retire." Nalbandian smiled and said, "While I was playing, I was waiting for them to retire, so don't wait any longer, go and beat them now." ”

Nalbandian said the Big Three continues to show strong performance, the biggest reason is that they continue to improve. Djokovic, 33, and Nadal, 34, still occupy the top two spots in the charts, while Federer, at the age of 36, was still able to win a Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open.

'Their ability to constantly adapt to their age and constantly adapt to the onslaught of generations of players is unparalleled because they're getting older, so it's not an easy task." "Their passion for sports is still there, they're still very focused, they still have the drive to keep moving forward, it's amazing," Nalbandian said. That's why out of so many players, only the three of them can do that: Roger, Rafa and Novak, and no one else can do it. ”

"They're natural winners, they put a lot of effort into it, they're ready for battle anytime, anywhere, and they're always there to find a way to win, no matter how tough the road ahead of them is." "If the challenges in front of them are extremely difficult, they will come up with better form and overcome the challenges in front of them," Narbandian said. That's unbelievable, it's something that very few people can do. ”

Nalbandian, whose all-time record against the Big Three, is 11-20, revealed in an interview that he had to adopt different tactics and batting tactics during the game against them.

"First of all, they don't lose the game easily, you have to beat them, and secondly, you have to be perfect in tactics and execution." "You may know your style of play very well, but they are very good players and they will not let you play what you want," Nalbandian said. ”

When Asked if he expected the Big Three to rule tennis for years after he retired, the Argentine laughed and said: "That's impossible." I think Novak will win the most Grand Slam titles, and I think so, his playing style is too comprehensive. ”

(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Player Social Media)