Djokovic identifies British problem

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The Australian Open champion, the player of the year so far, believes his contemporaries in this country lack the "hunger" to succeed because they have "everything on a plate".

Speaking to BBC's Inside Sport programme, the 20-year-old said: "I don't know if I should have the expression 'spoiled', but in the UK a lot of kids are a little bit spoiled because of all the conditions they have, so they don't know the real meaning of the tennis, and they don't work hard enough."

He added: "If you have perfect conditions and everything you want, you get a little bit spoiled and then you don't want to work as hard as you're supposed to.

"You don't have the hunger for the success because you have everything on the plate.

"I would say this is one of the biggest problems right now, but I think you have enough tennis history and enough people who have a big knowledge about tennis who will recognise the problem, and you still have a lot of potential and everything you need.

"You just have to find the right moment and to change the mentality of the coaches and the kids."

Andy Murray, ranked 20th, is the only British male in the top 200, with Jamie Baker a lowly 241.

Serbia, meanwhile, have three players in the top 100.

Britain do not even have a single player in the women's top 100, while Serbia have two in the top five.