What will we have left of these 20 years of tennis? There are names who have written indelible pages of history, transcending sport, becoming pop icons, idolized by the crowds. Positive mass agitators, bearers of various kinds of messages. Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher, Pelé and Diego Madaradona, Babe Ruth and Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. When we think of sports icons, these names immediately come to mind.
And Novak Djokovic is the closest man to being crowned the greatest sportsman of all time. It’s the right time to say it. After last night’s epic victory, in which he emerged victorious against Lorenzo Musetti in 5 sets, the Serbian champion did it once again, and came out of a match that seemed sealed, in the 4th round of the Roland Garros. This time it was the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo who succumbed, forcing the Serbian to do the impossible again, also due to a knee injury. Nole is in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros: 370 career victories achieved in Slams. Something legendary. Extraordinary numbers that certify the immense greatness of the 37-year-old from Belgrade. Thanks to…
