Against Novak, the truth is that I’ve never felt like that on a tennis court before.

revealed Muller. “It was totally suffocating. The guy leaves you nothing, not a crumb, it’s horrible.”

He added, “I played Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon and it was almost relaxing compared to Novak. Carlos lets you breathe a little, but Novak suffocates you all the time.”

Muller went onto admit that he even questioned whether he would be able to win a game, but knew that he could get on the scoreboard against Alcaraz.

“Djoko doesn’t let you breathe. There were 6–0, 2–0, I was afraid. We said to ourselves: ‘Am I going to play?,” questioned the 27-year-old.

“Whereas Alcaraz, he is more flamboyant, but I had small games where I was able to win easily. Djokovic is more impressive.”

Muller continued, “They are two different games. We talked about it with my coach Gérard Solvès.

I told him that against Alcaraz, I knew I was going to score.

He tries a lot, so he makes a lot more mistakes.

“But against Novak, I had the impression that if he wanted to put me three times 6-0 up, he could do it.

He’s so solid, he doesn’t give away any free points and that makes it more complicated for me. With Alcaraz, I have a bit more breathing space to win games.”