Novak Djokovic has proven age shouldn’t be a barrier and the 35-year-old will proceed to interrupt information, his youthful rivals on the ATP tour imagine, because the Serbian star seems to overhaul Steffi Graf because the participant with probably the most weeks as world No.1.
Djokovic gained a record-extending tenth Australian Open title final month to attract stage along with his nice rival Rafa Nadal on 22 grand slam victories and leapfrog Carlos Alcaraz into high spot within the ATP rankings.
He already holds the file for probably the most weeks as the boys’s No.1 after surpassing Roger Federer’s mark of 310 weeks in March 2021 and started his 377th week on the high on Monday to go stage with 22-times main champion Graf.
Russian world No.5 Andrey Rublev mentioned Djokovic had proven something is feasible.
“And at the age of 35, he still can be the best player in the world and break records,” Rublev, 25, who misplaced to Djokovic within the Australian Open quarter-finals, informed reporters in Doha.
“If you do the things right, you can perform at the highest level … age doesn’t matter. That’s what it means to me.”
Former world No.2 Alexander Zverev mentioned Djokovic had proven how constant he might be by dominating his rivals within the final decade.
However, Zverev mentioned watching Graf being overtaken can be bittersweet for him.
“He’s surpassing Steffi, so as a German, obviously I always loved her having that record. But credit to Novak, I think that shows how great he is,” the 25-year-old Zverev mentioned.
“I’m sure that he’s going to break a few more records. I’m not sure there are many left, but the ones that are left, maybe he will.”
Djokovic returns to motion in Dubai later this month.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
