Mouratoglou on Federer being world no1: the back is hindering his chances

Interesting comments from Patrick Mouratoglou, Serena’s coach… and boyfriend.

According to the Frenchman, Roger has to fix his problems to the back before aiming at the top spot of the rankings.

Patrick: His back is the main thing.

During a recent interview with the CNN Patrick said “He’s fighting against his back which is hurting him very often during the year. He lost many matches because of the back, he lost confidence because of that and also he cannot practice the way he wants because his back is hurting.

“He’s been out of shape too many times in the year and at that level you cannot perform when you are out of shape.

“His back is the main thing. I cannot say he would be No.1 still because the men are very close to each other.” He concluded