{"id":2032346,"date":"2026-07-08T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032346"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:00:04","slug":"alex-eala-told-to-copy-novak-djokovic-as-expert-spots-key-change-to-unlock-grand-slam-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032346","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala told to copy Novak Djokovic as expert spots key change to unlock Grand Slam dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Alex Eala told to copy Novak Djokovic as expert spots key change to unlock Grand Slam dream<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/richie-mills\" 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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Novak Djokovic (inset), as Alex Eala hits a forehand at Wimbledon                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Greg Rusedski believes that Alex Eala can take a leaf out of Novak Djokovic\u2019s book when it comes to serving improvements.<\/p>\n<p>In the Serbian\u2019s early 20s, Djokovic\u2019s serve was not the weapon it is today.\u00a0Particularly during his short stint with coach Todd Martin in 2009-10, the Belgrade-born player struggled greatly with his first delivery.<\/p>\n<p>However, for the past 10 years or so, Djokovic has become, arguably, the best spot server in the game, even if his speeds rarely get above 125mph.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-time major winner\u2019s serve has gone through multiple iterations before settling on the finished article. Now, former British No 1 Rusedski thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Eala<\/a> can make some tweaks to her serve, too.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-worst-serve-top-50-proving-belongs-tennis-elite\">Eala\u2019s serve is well outside the top 50<\/a> but her fighting spirit, return game, and groundstrokes have propelled her into the top 30 in the rankings.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Alex Eala News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/martina-navratilova-urges-alex-eala-to-improve-one-area-of-her-game-after-wimbledon-defeat-to-jasmine-paolini\">Martina Navratilova says what Alex Eala must improve after Wimbledon defeat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/everything-alex-eala-said-press-conference-after-wimbledon-exit\">Alex Eala: Everything Filipina star said after her Wimbledon loss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eala enjoyed her best Grand Slam to date by reaching the last 16 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a>, where she lost in three sets to Jasmine Paolini on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>And while there are huge positives to take from this run, which included a comprehensive win over defending champion Iga Swiatek, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/greg-rusedski\">Rusedski<\/a> feels the serve needs to become a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>He said on the latest episode of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Km7VBoFMOs0\" target=\"_blank\">Off Court<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cNo question she can add more power but also she had some strapping on the elbow, so that was a little bit disconcerting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe doesn\u2019t make any excuses, she\u2019s in the Rafael Nadal mould, and I like her. She\u2019s a great competitor, with great returns and groundstrokes. But I look at her serve and I feel she can loosen up the wrist position a little bit like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like she can get the throwing position a little bit better. She\u2019s got a good swing on the serve but she needs to find that balance of when and when not to hit it. She\u2019s got to put more reps in and just make a slight tweak in the technique. It\u2019s not too much to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eala made it to the second week of a major for the first time after beating Renata Zarazua, Serena Williams\u2019 conqueror Maya Joint, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\">Swiatek<\/a> in a coming-of-age run.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipino had enjoyed most of her success on hard court but after winning the title in Birmingham and having a deep run in Berlin, Rusedski thinks grass may be her best surface.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the former US Open finalist thinks Eala has a chance of lifting the title at SW19 one day but her serve has to improve.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThis will not be her last fourth round, and for me, Wimbledon is her best shot to go deep at a major and really have a chance to win it one day. But the serve needs to become a weapon, where she can get the first strike in after the serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has the knowledge of how to mix it but she needs a little more accuracy and power, and that will come in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-four-word-message-wimbledon-2026\">Alex Eala: Filipina star sends 4-word message after Wimbledon exit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala told to copy Novak Djokovic as expert spots key change to unlock Grand Slam dream Richie Mills 08 Jul 2026 7:00 AM Novak Djokovic (inset), as Alex Eala hits a forehand at Wimbledon Greg Rusedski believes that Alex Eala can take a leaf out of Novak Djokovic\u2019s book when it comes to serving [&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-2032346","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\/2032346","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=2032346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2032346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2032346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2032346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}