Novak Djokovic Wins Historic Wimbledon Final: The Importance of Mental Strength in Sports

The 2019 Wimbledon final was a historic one: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer fought a highly dramatic battle for the title for four hours and 55 minutes.

The Serb won – after fending off two match points from his Swiss opponent in the fifth set. Four years after the legendary match, Djokovic said in an interview with the US TV broadcaster CBS: “If you look at the statistics, he (Federer; editor) was clearly the better player. In all aspects. But I won the game because I played best when it mattered most. I was mentally stronger.”

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It should no longer surprise anyone that in order to achieve great success, top athletes not only have to be at the top level athletically, but also mentally.

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Hendrik Lange, sports psychologist and former European hockey champion, told BILD: “The most successful athletes are of course often associated with mental strength – especially in individual sports, but also in team sports. This makes the crucial difference, especially at the highest level, and is therefore increasingly being trained in a targeted manner.”

Together with two other partners, Lange founded the in December 2023 „Mind Sports Club“. A movement that aims to give every athlete access to mental training. Until now, mental coaching was primarily reserved for elite athletes and elite clubs, according to the three founders.

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On the occasion of the Olympic Games, which start in just over three months, the “Mind Sports Club” together with the Berlin University of Technology and Economics asked 1,241 active top athletes which athletes they attribute to particular mental strength. Each respondent was able to distribute a total of five points freely – exclusively to active athletes. The result is available exclusively to BILD:

1. Novak Djokovic – tennis (14 percent) 2. Rafael Nadal – tennis (11 percent) 3. Lionel Messi – soccer (7 percent) 4. Cristiano Ronaldo – soccer, LeBron James – basketball (6 percent each) 6. Carlos Alcarez – Tennis, Tiger Woods – Golf, Max Verstappen – Formula 1 (5 percent each) 9. Coco Gauff – Tennis, Mikaela Shiffrin – Ski Alprin, Lewis Hamilton – Formula 1 (4 percent each)

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2024-04-13 18:01:13
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