Tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou has revealed that football icon Ronaldo is the best non-professional he has worked with.
Mouratoglou was legend Serena Williams‘ coach for a decade and has now coached Naomi Osaka for just less than a year.
Mouratoglu has picked out a surprise name that loves to play tennistalkSPORTHe worked with Williams from 2012 until 2022, helping her over the incredible period that saw her win 10 Grand Slam titles.
The Frenchman has also been part of Holger Rune, Simona Halep and Stefanos Tsitsipas’ teams over his career.
Mouratoglou is currently at Wimbledon coaching four-time major winner Osaka, as the Japanese star eyes another title.
He has a remarkable CV of tennis stars that he has worked closely with, but he’s also helped out a handful of celebrities.
And when speaking to talkSPORT from SW19, Mourtagolou revealed a surprise name that shocked him the most.
When asked who the best celebrity he has ever coached was, he replied: “I guess…Ronaldo, Brazilian Ronaldo.”
Mouratoglu then continued: “He loves tennis, he really, really loves tennis and he plays a lot.
“So, I think he swings the ball really good and tennis is so much about movement, so it’s tough, but he plays really good.
“He has a one-handed backhand, so it’s cool.”
Ronaldo, who won two Ballons d’Or during his legendary career, seems to have become an avid tennis fan since retirement.
Mouratoglou has been left very impressed with Ronaldo’s tennis abilityAFP The coach used to work with icon Williams and now trains OsakaGettyThe Brazilian said in June 2024 that he finds it hard to watch football now, and that he prefers to tune into tennis.
He also mentioned that he played the sport last year, saying: “I think I love tennis more now than football. It’s unbelievable.
“I cannot watch football matches. I think it’s too boring.
“But I can stay for five hours watching tennis, it’s crazy. I’m training three times a week.”
Mourtaglou has clearly been impressed by Ronaldo’s skills on the court, proving his regular training appears to have been working.
The coach spoke to talkSPORT alongside Nick Kyrgios, who was spotted in Osaka’s team box at Wimbledon on Monday.
Kyrgios also named the non-professional he thinks is great at the sporttalkSPORTKyrgios also picked out his best non-professional that he’s ever played with, and he dropped two big names.
“Matthew McConaughey was pretty good, but DJ Mustard loves it…I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who has passion like him.
“He plays like four hours a day, he was so into it when I spoke to him in LA, he takes it really seriously. “
Mouratoglou then intervened and said: “I’ve played with him too, he was unbelievable.”
The French coach also added that he’d played with comedy actor Rainn Wilson, who is said to also ‘love tennis’.
Mouratoglou will be back supporting Osaka in her team box on Wednesday as she plays in the second round at Wimbledon.
She is set to take on Katerina Siniakova on Court 2 at SW19.
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