World number 1 Novak Djokovic made it known that he had to take some time before returning to the tour. He took the opportunity to fully heal the injuries sustained in the last edition of the Australian Open.
He was finally able to win this trophy for the ninth time in his career. The Serb recently broke Roger Federer’s record for total weeks at the top of the ATP rankings. This statistic, which has remained constant at 310 and is now being projected onto the legendary Steffi Graf, was stopped after 377 weeks.
Djokovic had started the new season by participating in the ATP Cup, in which Serbia presented itself as the owner of the first edition. Nole won her singles games against Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Zverev, also won one in doubles, but lost the last against the duo of Jan-Lennard Struff and Zverev himself.
Serbia failed to make it through the group stage and the competition was won by Russia against Italy in the final.
Djokovic talks about hard work and takes Tom Brady’s example
Djokovic, born in May 1987, has won 18 Grand Slam titles and is currently third in this special ranking: only Federer and Rafael Nadal surpass him with 20 titles.
In a podcast recorded with ‘Guru’ Chervin Jafarieh, the Belgrade record man spoke about the importance of good discipline and good habits for a professional athlete and compared it to American football veteran Tom Brady: “He’s a really inspiring one Human …
it shows that at your age you can still play at the highest level. “Brady, 43, won the latest edition of the Super Bowl alongside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Novak went on to comment on the importance of getting up early in the morning. even if your body isn’t quite finished: “The alarm goes off and you say to yourself: ‘Oh, I want to sleep another hour or so’
But instead, you are mentally strong to get out of bed knowing that this is good for you. “According to Djokovic, the right mental strength is the same that enables him every time to face the difficult situation of the breakpoint on his serve without feeling the” pressure of the whole world “.
Nole pointed out that achieving such mental strength requires years of practice, hard work, and discipline. Photo credit: China.org
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