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Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou is inarguably one of the most successful coaches in tennis history. What’s more, he frequently shares quite insightful tennis lessons and stories on social media. This time around, Mouratoglou took the example of soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo to illustrate the means to success.

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Sports fans might have wondered for ages: What makes Cristiano Ronaldo better than others? To answer this, Mouratoglou told a story about the Portuguese legend when he was 20. In addition to that, he gave the same advice to his tennis student to become a better athlete.

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Serena Williams’ coach shares illuminating story about Cristiano Ronaldo

Throughout the world, Cristiano Ronaldo is well-known as one of the greatest soccer players of all time. Per Serena Williams’ coach, the reason behind that is “he works harder than anyone else.”

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To explain, Patrick told his student at Mouratoglou Tennis Academy a story Ronaldo’s fellow players told him. “We start practice at ten; we arrive, the guy’s [Ronaldo] here since nine every morning,” Mouratoglou began.

“He’s doing many more exercises that are for him then he practices with everyone else, then he stays after everybody leaves, he stays.”

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So, what does he do after staying? Mouratoglou revealed. “It was in Manchester; he was 20. There were six soccer fields, one next to each other, and he was taking the ball and going right left with the ball on all six soccer fields one after the other.”

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“Back and forth. Six times. After practice, every day, alone. It’s amazing,” Serena’s coach said.

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Similarly, Mouratoglou advised his student to sprint after every out ball, chase every drop shot. Moreover, he asked him to give his 100% in practice to get ready for the next level in tennis.

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“The idea is to take every occasion you have. One extra sprint makes you faster,” the French coach concluded.

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Who does Patrick coach tennis besides Serena?

On the tennis tour, Patrick mentors Greek World No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas and American youngster Coco Gauff. Moreover, he is always one step ahead in explaining the mechanics of tennis behind the great talents on tour.

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What’s next for Patrick is, he will travel with Serena at the Australian Open 2022. Besides, he is as excited for her 24th Grand Slam as any person in the tennis community. Let’s see if he can push her to the long-awaited glory in 2022 or not.

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