2023-06-11 20:49:37
There are those who are pro, those who are anti, those who prefer Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer and those who already believe that he has long since passed them. But one thing is certain: no one is indifferent to what Novak Djokovic is doing.
The one who will very quickly recover the seat of world No. 1 won, this Sunday by beating Casper Ruud in the Roland-Garros final (7-6, 6-3, 7-5), his 23rd Grand Slam title. It’s more than Nadal (22), absent from the tournament due to injury and now relegated to this prestigious ranking, and even more than Federer (20). Does this, however, make the Serb the “GOAT” (for “Greatest of All Time”, the best player of all time)?
“Difficult to give a single quantified argument against the fact that Novak Djokovic is the best, perfectly sums up former American tennis player Andy Roddick on Twitter. If you have an argument against, it’s probably based on feelings, not results. »
In the tennis community, everyone has their own opinion on the matter. The former Russian glory Yengeny Kafelnikov, for example, split with a simple and laconic “Djokovic is the GOAT”. For Victoria Azarenka, Djokovic showed “The greatest mental strength ever seen in an athlete”. Ditto for Stanislas Wawrinka, who congratulated Djokovic on his social networks with a goat emoji, “goat” being the English word.
One thing is certain, this record makes Djoko go down in history. “I predict that this record will last 50 years, no one will approach it, sorry, for example reacted John McEnroe on the American channel NBC, broadcaster of the French tournament across the Atlantic. In 50 years, his name will still be at the top. ” On France TV, coach Patrick Mouratoglou engages: ” Everyone’s fans will say that he is their favorite player the greatest, but the only real criterion are the numbers. And I say it, unquestionably he is the greatest. »
Before the match, on the Eurosport channel, the one who won 7 Grand Slam titles detailed his argument for each of the three contenders for the title of greatest player in history. “Nadal is the best in history on clay, Djokovic on hard courts and Roger was the most handsome on grass. But Djokovic has won most of his confrontations against them, he has been number 1 for longer, that would give him one more title than them… and above all, he is still going strong. »
An endless debate, probably impossible to settle, and which is ultimately played out, no doubt, on affect. Andy Roddick has also understood this well: “I will also mute the mentions of what I have just said in order to avoid the 3 days of nasty quarrels which will take place between the fans”, a-t- he added, shortly after his previously quoted tweet.
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