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              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"12 Feb 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-date=\"12 Feb 2026 4:00 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1770912040\"><br \/>\n                            12 Feb 2026 4:00 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-aura-destroyed-rafael-nadal-patrick-mouratoglou-story\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a 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<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou has shared a story about Novak Djokovic\u2019s \u201caura\u201d from before a Grand Slam final in which the Serbian dismantled his great rival Rafael Nadal<\/p>\n<p>At the 2019 Australian Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Djokovic<\/a> delivered a masterclass to crush Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the championship match on Rod Laver Arena, a victory that saw him claim a seventh title at the Melbourne major.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview for the Hellenic Championship YouTube channel last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/novak-djokovic-reveals-greatest-performance-two-best-matches\">Djokovic picked that performance against Nadal as the finest of his staggering career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best match I ever played would be, probably, the finals of the Australian Open against Nadal in 2019. The level of tennis was really high,\u201d said the former world No 1.<\/p>\n<p>Since Djokovic won a record-extending 24th major at the 2023 US Open, he has lost in two Slams finals, both to Carlos Alcaraz: at the 2026 Australian Open and the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.<\/p>\n<h2>What did Patrick Mouratoglou say about Novak Djokovic?<\/h2>\n<p>In a post on LinkedIn, Mouratoglou backed Djokovic to find a way to win a 25th Grand Slam if he \u201cwants it deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat has never changed is this: Novak Djokovic is the strongest mental competitor in the history of tennis,\u201d said Mouratoglou, who coached Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep.<\/p>\n<h2>Novak Djokovic News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rafael-nadal-novak-djokovic-debate-patrick-mouratoglou-wrong\"><strong>Rafael Nadal addresses Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner debate and asserts Patrick Mouratoglou is \u2018wrong\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-not-better-novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-roger-federer-recency-bias\"><strong>\u2018It\u2019s recency bias to say Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are better than Djokovic, Nadal, Federer\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen it with my own eyes. I\u2019ll never forget an Australian Open final [in 2019] against Rafael Nadal. I was in the locker room, one meter away from them. Rafa was jumping, full of energy, doing his rituals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNovak was nowhere to be seen. Then the door opened. Novak walked in like a king. The aura. The eyes. You could feel it. He was on a mission. And he destroyed Rafa in straight sets. This is who Novak is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Roger and Rafa were dominating the tour, most top players told me it was impossible to win a Grand Slam. Novak, at 19 years old, said publicly: \u2018I\u2019m going to beat them.\u2019 People called it arrogance. It wasn\u2019t. It was belief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd belief is what separates champions from legends. What is impossible to envision is impossible to do. It\u2019s as simple as that. The champions are able to not foresee any limits within themselves. That\u2019s the big difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the real question isn\u2019t whether Novak Djokovic can win another Grand Slam. It\u2019s whether he wants it deeply. If he does, he\u2019ll most likely find a way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if that fire truly comes back\u2026 who would you bet against him?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Mouratoglou\u2019s contentious claim involving Novak Djokovic<\/h2>\n<p>Mouratoglou\u2019s latest comments come after he made a controversial claim following Djokovic\u2019s Australian Open semi-final win against Jannik Sinner last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who think that Djokovic beating Sinner in the semi-final of the Australian Open means that the Big Three (Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer) is playing better tennis than Alcaraz and Sinner \u2014 this is a very short view,\u201d the Frenchman said in a video posted on his social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNovak is not a better tennis player than Sinner, but he\u2019s the biggest competitor in the history and he was better than Jannik Sinner on that match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rafael-nadal-honest-comments-novak-djokovic-25th-grand-slam\">Rafael Nadal makes \u2018it\u2019s done\u2019 comment on Novak Djokovic\u2019s hopes of 25th Grand Slam<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Novak Djokovic destroyed Rafael Nadal\u2019 \u2013 Patrick Mouratoglou\u2019s telling story about Serb\u2019s \u2018aura\u2019 Ewan West 12 Feb 2026 4:00 PM Novak Djokovic with Patrick Mouratoglou inset Leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou has shared a story about Novak Djokovic\u2019s \u201caura\u201d from before a Grand Slam final in which the Serbian dismantled his great rival Rafael Nadal At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1760937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1760937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1760937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1760937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1760937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1760937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}