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With the victory at the US Open, the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic achieved his 24th Grand Slam title, he returned to number one in the ATP world ranking at over 36 years of age and he has perhaps closed the GOAT question, answering on the court to those who don’t think so the greatest ever.Nole also contributed to his Serbia’s qualification for the Davis Cup next round.
Young stars who played less in New York preferred to rest, while Nole did not want to abandon his country, after the triumph at Flushing Meadows.
Rennae Stubbs, former coach of US tennis legend Serena Williams, said Djokovic wants to win more trophies than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal because he knows he cannot match the popularity of the Swiss and the Spaniard.
She explained in the latest episode of The Rennae Stubbs Tennis podcast: “Djokovic’s numbers are just incredible and no matter how or what.
He’s very polarizing in a lot of ways to a lot of people, but for me, as a former pro and somebody who has watched this game for a really long time. You just have to marvel at his ability to just never quit and he’s relentless.
I think Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal…
