Novak Djokovic breaks all records: he is destined to eclipse all the others © Clive Brunskill / Staff getty Images Sport
Novak Djokovic continues his path to the US Open title, the fourth of his career at Flushing Meadows. At the same time, he continues his path in the hunt for records. The first concerns the Grand Slam semi-finals: by reaching number 47, he will overtake Roger Federer.
Following his victory over Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals of the US Open, Djokovic also secures another recordd. The winner of 23 Grand Slams became the first man in ATP rankings history to record 250 career wins against the world’s top 10 playersa step he took after defeating the American number one, current ninth in the world, in three comfortable sets. The tennis player from Belgrade was already the leader of this ranking, breaking away from his main rivals, but now he has to round numbers.
Novak Djokovic, therefore, leads the ranking of the player with the most wins against the top 10 reaching 250. After him, there is still Roger Federer. The former Swiss tennis player, who retired almost a year ago, has 224 wins against a Top 10 member.
The other member of the Big 3 cannot fail to close the podium: it is Rafael Nadal.
Djokovic beat all records
While waiting for the return of the Spanish tennis player to the circuit, in all likelihood at the beginning of 2024, remember that the twenty-two times Grand Slam champion has won 186 victories against a top 10.
He is the only one of the five tennis players in the top 5 of this record who can improve this figure in the next season. Two tennis players from a more distant past complete the top 5 of this special ranking.
Ivan Lendl ranks fourth, with a total of 166 wins against top 10 players. American John McEnroe, Grand Slam champion and former world number one, brings up the rear: for him, the count stops at 128 victories against the ten best players in the world.
Nole smashes every record that stands in his way, shattering what his predecessors have done and, numbers in hand, he is destined to eclipse all his past, present and future rivals in records and statistics.We can continue to talk about the style of play, the emotions he arouses in the hearts of the fans compared to his rivals, we can say everything.
But what can we really say about a man who has smashed all the records and who is in the lead in direct confrontations with his biggest rivals?
2023-09-07 21:06:51
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