Titled this Sunday for the 12th time in his career in Stockholm and author of a hell of a jump in the world rankings, Gaël Monfils displays a fairly catastrophic record against Novak Djokovic with no victories for 18 defeats.
Can we, however, speak of a pet peeve? This is the question that our colleagues from West France this Monday in an article entitled: “The “pet peeves” in sport, myth or reality? “.
Sports psychologist, Dorian Martinez returned to this often overused term.
“We will talk about a “pet peeve” when a player or a team loses repeatedly against the same player or the same team, even though he or she is intrinsically superior. Gaël Monfils has lost 18 times in as many matches against Novak Djokovic. But I don’t think we can say that “Djoko” is his pet peeve. Of course, in 18 occasions, Gaël could have won once or twice. But we can say that Djokovic is simply better. »
Published on Monday October 23, 2023 at 6:11 p.m.
2023-10-23 16:11:00
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