Patrick Mouratoglou had already had his say on the men’s draw and on Alexander Zverev’s US Open title. On 17 September he moved on to the women’s final, on LinkedIn.
He describes the scene as he saw it: Sabalenka throws her racket before shaking her opponent’s hand, walks to her chair and breaks a racket while Elena celebrates her win, then the camera turns to her and she tells it to go away. After that final, the player’s behaviour was judged out of place by many observers, according to We Love Tennis.
Then comes the line that caught our in-house pundit’s attention: « I’m not here to give advice. But for me, emotional management is the only reason she isn’t winning Grand Slam tournaments at the moment. »
Right, it’s very simple: « I’m not here to give advice », followed by a piece of advice, that’s my sentence structure. I’ve been using it since Kitzbühel, in ’92, against a future top 10. Ninety per cent of pundits have taken it from me, and I’m being generous. The only difference is that he gets published. I’ve got an account on there too, you know. Two hundred and forty contacts, eleven of them from the club.
Mouratoglou adds that he doesn’t blame Sabalenka for feeling those emotions, and ends with a prediction: if she sorts this out, she’ll go from being the No. 2 who doesn’t win majors to a player who wins a lot more of them and returns to the top spot.
Jean-Pol says he wrote exactly the same thing back in January. He can’t find the post, for a reason he explains at length: « Careful, I’m not saying the opposite of what I said. I’m clarifying. »
Silly question, but isn’t LinkedIn the site where people congratulate each other on a new job?
The men’s draw, Zverev’s title, then the women’s final: what Jean-Pol mostly notes is that someone, somewhere, comments on everything, and that it isn’t him.
It’s true, we checked: We Love Tennis.
