With his triumph in the Australian Open final on Sunday, Novak Djokovic captured the 22nd major of his incredible career. Now tied with Rafael Nadal in the all-time rankings, Roland Garros, to be held between May and June, may represent a more than welcome opportunity to move past him in the rankings.
In the last few hours, other great news has also arrived for the Serbian star: he will be able to participate in the US Open and thus potentially compete for another incredible feat that he already caressed in 2021, the Grand Slam of the calendar, which consists of winning the four Majors in the same calendar year.
On that occasion, his triumphant march was interrupted in the last act, in the Flushing Meadows final, where Daniil Medvedev closed the doors of the title, winning his first Slam. The Belgrade native has won five of the last seven Slams in which he has participated.
Impressive numbers that automatically make the Serbian the tennis player with the best chance of winning the remaining Slams of the season. Following the triumphant tour of Australia, the 35-year-old will once again compete at the ATP 500 in Dubai at the end of February.
As we said, ‘Nole’ with his success at the Rod Laver Arena against Stefanos Tsitsipas, has risen to 10 titles won in Melbourne, an absolute record, which at least as far as Grand Slams are concerned has only been achieved by Nadal in Roland Garros (14).
But if we also take into account the 1,000 and 500 tournaments, the list expands and sees the presence of Roger Federer in addition to the two mentioned, which once again testifies to the authentic, almost indisputable dominance of the Big Three in recent years.
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Djokovic and Nadal are paired
Ben Rothenberg and Tumaini Carayol recently got together to discuss the gulf in quality between Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and the Next Gen of men’s tennis. “Seriously, on one hand, I think Djokovic is this good.
Yes. He’s 35 years old. Yes, he’s old or whatever. Same with Nadal. Yes, they’re old. But like the level he’s playing is still incredible and still, you know, he’s still so good. And, you know, regardless, he’s better than he’s a better tennis player than these guys.
He would you know, that’s just clear. He’s just much better,” Carayol said. “If you know, Medvedev got to number one and was, you know, incredibly good in the slams. But now he’s going through a more difficult period. He could easily, easily bounce back from that and contend again. But he was clearly not a threat in any way,” he continued.
