DHe is number one in the world in tennis Novak Djokovic Think of yourself as the best player. The 34-year-old Serb emphasized this after he won Wimbledon for the sixth time. “I think I am the best, otherwise I won’t talk about the confidence to win the Grand Slam and make history,” Djokovic said when asked in London if he was the greatest male player in the professional tennis era. He defeated Italian Matteo Berrettini 6:7 (4:7), 6:4, 6:4, 6:3 on Sunday.
“But am I the greatest person ever-I will leave this debate to others,” Djokovic added, noting that it is difficult to understand the differences in different eras. tennis Compare with each other. “We have different clubs, skills, balls, courts. We play under completely different conditions. So it’s hard to compare it to tennis-for example, 50 years ago, “No. 1 in the world.” But he felt very honored to be able to participate in this discussion.
Djokovic became one of the record holders with his 20th Grand Slam title Roger Federer Rafael Nadal from Switzerland and Spain. If he still wins the US Open after the Australian Open and French Open and Wimbledon in September, he will be the first since Rod Laver in 1969 to win in a season Four of the most important events and coaching professional players in the so-called Grand Slam tournaments. Grand slam. With Olympic gold medals and US Open victories, he can perfect the so-called Golden Grand Slam. So far, only Steffi Graf has succeeded in doing this in 1988.
Despite strict requirements for athletes and excluding spectators, Djokovic still has not determined whether he will participate in the Tokyo Summer Olympics. But if he should serve in Japan, his coach Goran Ivanisevic firmly believes that Djokovic can become a gold slam. “I have said it many times, even before I joined his team: if anyone can win the gold slam, it is him,” said the Croatian, who himself won at Wimbledon 20 years ago.
Australian Margaret Court won the most Grand Slam titles at the age of 24, followed by the still active Americans Serena Williams at 23 and Steffi Graf at 22.Only in fourth place are Djokovic, Federer and Nadal With 20.
