Novak Djokovic Makes History in 2023: Became Number 1 for the 8th Time and Spent 400 Weeks at the Top

NOVAK DJOKOVIC experienced a 2023 that became historic for him: ended again like number 1 for the eighth time in his career and became the first player to spend 400 weeks at the top of the rankings.

Like little, He won the ATP Finals in Turin and 3 of the 4 Grand Slams: Roland Garros, US Open and the Australian Open. In this last, precisely, suffered a situation that shocked the world and not just sports, in January 2022, when he was deportedof the country for refusing to receive the covid vaccine, during the pandemic.

This situation was recalled by the Serbian in an interview he gave to the American program 60 Minutes: “I was declared the villain of the world. Basically, it was the world against me”he did not hesitate to affirm.

Nole, after being deported from Australia for not getting vaccinated against covid.

Although he had experienced the fact that they did not encourage him during a game, from that event there was a before and after in his relationship with the public: “I’ve never had this particular experience before in my life,” he acknowledged. And that feeling was replicated in the following circuit tournaments after the deportation.

“People declared me anti-vaccine; I am not pro-vaccine either: I am pro-freedom to choose,” he explained. But that is behind him and now, in the last stretch of his career, he has motivation to continue being the best.

In fact, Nole recognized that “My additional motivation is in those young men who are hungry for success and inspired to play their best against me. In a way, they awakened the beast in me.”

And he gave his own name to that sporting threat: “Carlos Alcaraz is the most complete player I have seen in a long time, losing at Wimbledon bothered me so much that then I had to win everything in America,” he said with a laugh, and stressed that “this rivalry is a great opportunity to try harder than ever.” .