… Six times titled in 2023, including three Grand Slam tournaments which allowed him to equal then surpass Rafael Nadal with now 24 trophies, the Serbian then beat his own record for victories in Masters 1000 to bring it to 40 , after Paris. Winner of six titles this season, tied with Carlos Alcaraz. In winning three Grand Slam titles this season, he equaled Rafael Nadal’s all-time record of 22 men’s singles titles at the Australian Open, before surpassing it with additional victories at the French Open and at the US Open.
If he retains world first place at the Turin Masters (one victory is enough for him), he will add two other records to his list of achievements:
* End the year as world number 1 for the eighth time * Pass the 400-week mark as number 1 in the ATP ranking If successful in Turin, Novak Djokovic could also equal Roger Federer with 7 successes at the Masters.. .
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Focused on the present moment
“I’m trying to be a good student and keep up with all these numbers, but at the same time I just want to direct my attention to the next challenge,” he declared after beating Grigor Dimitrov in Paris.
“As long as I’m an active player, I guess that’s going to be the mentality I’m going to maintain.”
“Every match in Turin will be like a final of a big tournament, because you are playing against a top 8 player. It’s a group stage format, which we don’t have in other tournaments, you have to get used to it.
I had a perfect score in Turin last year, five wins out of five matches. I like playing there. I think I connect well with the Italian crowd. I’m going there with good feelings, with a lot of confidence.
I haven’t lost a match since the Wimbledon final, so I’m really excited to hopefully finish the season on a high.” he added to ATP. Since his narrow defeat in five sets against Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic won 18 consecutive matches and three titles (Cincinnati, US Open, Paris). All these matches were played on hard courts. He will enter Turin with a record on this surface is 33-1 for the season, with his only loss coming to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals in Dubai. With a record of 51-5 for the year, Djokovic leads the ATP Tour with a 91% win rate. . "My goal is to finish the season on a high note," he said in a dire warning to his competitors. “On the highest note possible”.
2023-11-10 11:48:13
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