The previous tennis participant and present Eurosport commentator Mats Wilander believes that Novak Djokovic has survived the years of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s domination of males’s tennis, carving out an absolute place for himself on the earth of tennis.
With Rafa’s retirement after the Davis Cup Finals, Nole would be the solely survivor of the Massive 3, the three tennis gamers who’ve rewritten the historical past of tennis. 66 Slam titles between the three of them and a twenty-year domination of the whole males’s Tour, monopolized by the three champions.
“I believe Novak will really feel very proud. I imply, unhappy in a means, however he has lived by means of the storm. Sure, he’s youthful than each Roger and Rafa, and Andy Murray and him, I believe, are the identical age or fairly shut, however he has survived all of that. He’s probably the most profitable tennis participant ever. I believe he shall be happy with that. I believe he sees greater than anybody the impact that Federer and Nadal have had on Alcaraz, Sinner and the fellows behind him. I believe Novak has felt the impact of the 2 greats, Rafa and Roger, greater than another participant. That may make him really feel superb as a result of he has been part of it. And Novak’s impact could be very evident once you discuss in regards to the physicality of all of the gamers at present,” stated the Swede.
And in line with Wilander, Djokovic is on a special journey within the remaining a part of his profession.
“I believe Novak is on a special path than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He is surpassed them in Grand Slam victories and mainly each file value counting. So I believe there is not any menace, clearly, from Rafael Nadal to Djokovic. A minimum of, I do not suppose so now. I believe he is informed all of us: Hey, I need to maintain enjoying as a result of these guys, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and the remaining, they’re so good they usually push me to be higher and higher and higher. Perhaps he is inferior to he was, however for him, he is giving his finest on daily basis, and he is nonetheless doing that after his knee surgical procedure,” Wilander stated.