Pressure level is the highest ever for Serena Williams, says coach
In an interview to the French Open website Patrick Mouratoglou commented on the big pressure that his player Serena Williams is going through in her attempt to break the Margaret Court's 24 Grand Slam titles record. The Frenchman said: "The pressure level is the highest that I’ve seen. Because she is playing for history and everybody puts her so high, there is even less room for failure. But it’s OK. I think that is the meaning of, ‘pressure is a privilege’. The more pressure you have, it means you’re better than before, the pressure gets higher. So she has achieved much more now than seven years ago. The pressure is much, much higher."
Asked if Naomi Osaka can win the title, Mouratoglou replied: "First of all, she definitely has the game for sure. And second, she has to win one or two matches, like [on Tuesday against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova], something she also did in Australia against Hsieh Su-Wei, and she is someone that builds the confidence very fast. Before the US Open, I saw her play in Cincinnati and lose in the first round. The level was incredibly low. A few matches after, at the US Open, the level was incredibly high. So I think there is a mental process in her that makes her become an incredible competitor after a few wins. The semi-final against Madison Keys at the US Open, she saved all the breakpoints in a way that was just incredible, and again, two weeks before, she was not the same player. That’s something very special. So I think mentally she has it, and of course, she has a great game."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2XnCwao
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