'It Was Disrespectful': Keys and Pegula Defend Tsonga Against Mouratoglou

Tsonga-Mouratoglou Feud Crosses Borders: Keys and Pegula Slam Coach, Highlight Frenchman's True Record

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Jules Hypolite

le 14/01/2026 à 22h15

1 min to read

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The dispute between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Patrick Mouratoglou has far exceeded borders, sparking reactions as far as the United States. In his Served podcast, Andy Roddick notably defended the former world No. 5.

Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys also reacted to the debate in their The Player’s Box podcast. Like Roddick, the two Americans criticized Mouratoglou's remarks.

"It Was Disrespectful of Him"

Keys: "First off, I don't like this kind of debate. You can never really compare. In all sports, when you do it, it doesn't really work. But yes, Patrick has never been a pro, he's never played matches.

I find it was really disrespectful of him to say that Tsonga only had one good season. Mouratoglou's track record is coaching good players, but that's not what we're talking about here."

Pegula: "You can't tell a player he only had one good season when you're a coach and you've never played. And it's false anyway that Tsonga only had one good season."