Novak Djokovic completed tennis yesterday when he won the Olympic Gold medal at Roland Garros in Paris at 37 years of age. Now, Djokovic has won everything there is to win in the sport of tennis. The best tennis player ever should now be in the discussion About the greatest athlete ever!
Winning for his beloved country, Serbia, means a lot for Novak. To Win the olympic gold for his country has been a dream for him since he was a kid. He won the bronze on Beijing in 2008 and had never reached the finals at the Olympics until yesterday. This was The 5th Olympic Games Novak participated in. After the match he said to the Serbian television, that the Olympic gold was the biggest win in his enormously successful career. He won the gold without losing a single Set. This time he chose not to stay in the Olympic village so he could be able to focus as much as possible on the important things.
This guy has won 24 Grand Slams (most ever 10 AO, 7 Wimby, 4 US Open and 3 French Open), 40 ATP 1000 Masters (most ever). He has won all of the 9 masters at least 2 times. Nobody else has won them even once. Novak has won 7 ATP Finals (most ever), he has 8 year end number one’s (most ever), he has spent 120 weeks more at the world number one spot than the next guy. At one point in 2015-16 he was the holder of all the four Grand Slams at the same time. He has a Davis Cup title. The Olympic gold was the only title missing. Now Djokovic has won it all. He is now a complete tennis player and athlete. Still he said in the interview after the win that he is fighting with his inner demons whether he is good enough or not. Novak is absolutely and evidently good enough. The best ever at his sport.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic played a match for the ages yesterday At Roland Garros. It will be remembered forever. It took them 2 hours and 50 minutes to finish the match, Djokovic won 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). Djokovic’s best weapon yesterday was his forehand. He was hitting wondershots when it was needed the most His first backhand winner came in the 9th game of the second set. The intensity was incredibly high as was the stakes,of course. The shot making from both athletes were beyond amazing at times. Alcaraz, 16 years younger than Djokovic, seemed to have the physical advantage, but Novak didn't let the momentum slip away. The quality of play was remarkably high and Novak won the title he was dreaming about all his life in the end. Almost like a fairytale. After this big win Djokovic belongs to the discussion about who's the greatest athlete ever. He could be.