As the gushing, bewildered messages of congratulations movement in following Novak Djokovic’s historic French Open triumph, there may be one message that hasn’t come.
Djokovic re-wrote the file books once more on Monday morning when he captured a twenty third Grand Slam title with a 3rd French Open triumph, reinforcing his case to be topped the best participant of all time.
The 36-year-old Serb disregarded an early wobble to defeat Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6 (7/1) 6-3 7-5 and snap the tie of twenty-two Slams he shared with career-long rival Rafael Nadal.
Nadal was fast to acknowledge the second.
Federer was not.
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“Many congrats on this amazing achievement Novak,” Nadal tweeted. “23 is a number that just a few years back was impossible to think about, and you made it! Enjoy it with your family and team!”
It has solely been a matter of hours since Djokovic was topped king of the Roland Garros clay, however Federer’s silence has been famous amongst tennis followers.
It stays very probably in fact that Federer merely hasn’t had time to make a grand gesture of congratulations on social media. The 41-year-old is much from a daily social media consumer.
However, the eight-time Wimbledon champion has beforehand been fast to congratulate fellow “Big Three” member Nadal.
Federer’s identify was trending around the globe on Twitter on Monday morning with the talk about males’s tennis’ GOAT raging once more.
There had been some sections that discovered it inconceivable to overlook Federer’s absence from the dialog.
American tennis commentator Ricky Dimon used a “crickets” emoji when noting Federer’s lacking public congratulatory message.
Veteran tennis journalist Mike Dickson additionally wrote Nadal’s social media message to Djokovic was “prompt and classy” — highlighting the variations between the Spaniard and Swiss legend’s public shows.
The hypothesis could also be fully unfair and unwarranted to Federer, who has confirmed time and time once more to be a sleek champion who has set the sportsmanship bar impossibly excessive for the technology that’s following him.
However, that hasn’t stopped a knee-jerk response from Djokovic followers questioning the place Federer is correct now.
It’s not the primary time there have been strategies Federer has tended to favour Nadal over Djokovic.
Most famously, Federer posted a message of heat congratulations when Nadal tied his file of 20 slam titles after profitable the 2020 French Open remaining towards Djokovic.
His message to Nadal was undeniably stylish, but it surely was observed that Djokovic was not talked about as soon as.
Federer stated within the flattering message it was an “honour” to share the file with Nadal.
Catherine Whitaker stated on The Tennis Podcast on the time that Federer’s message made Djokovic the “third wheel” once more.
David Law additionally stated on the podcast on the time: “Federer didn’t mention him in the note, which I must admit I did look down and I thought, ‘Oh, no, can’t see that’. Maybe that’s just an oversight.”
While that’s one facet of the conspiracy idea, there may be additionally the truth that Federer did congratulate Djokovic after his triumph on th