#World No. 1 Novak Djokovic

[regina-del-cielo]

I can't believe another Italian tennis player (not Sinner) has defeated Djokovič

My crops are watered my skin is cleared my business is flourishing etc. etc.

(Novak is going to start having war flashbacks at the sight of the Italian flag, I know it)

#my ponderings #sports #tennis #indian wells 2024 #luca nardi #novak djokovic #'sir a second Italian has hit Djokovic' dot png #not Mentana introducing the news by saying 'he beat the - FOR NOW - world n.1'

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Novak Djokovic extends record as World No. 1 after winning the Madrid Open

Novak Djokovic extends record as World No. 1 after winning the Madrid Open

The Serbian star defeated Gaël Monfils 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday, guaranteeing he would remain the World No. 1 for a record-extending week of 369. The victory also extended his perfect record over the Frenchman to 18 in as many matches, meaning he becomes the first man in the Open era to have an ATP 18-0 head-to-head against an opponent. Djokovic will now face three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray…

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#Novak Djokovic extends record as world number 1 after winning the Madrid Open #tennis

[sinnerenjoyer]

a year can change everything.

after miami 2023, jannik sinner was

#9 in the world

0-6 against daniil medvedev

0-3 against novak djokovic

3-3 against carlos alcaraz

12-24 against top 10 players

winner of 7 titles (5 250s + 2 500s)

12 months later, he is

at a career high ranking of #2

5-6 against daniil medvedev

3-4 against novak djokovic

4-4 against carlos alcaraz

26-28 against top 10 players

winner of 13 titles (1 GS, 2 1000s, 5 500s, 5 250s)

the man. the myth. the legend. post puke sinner.

#jannik sinner #miami 2024 #my babygirl #post puke sinner #also mentioned: #daniil medvedev #novak djokovic #carlos alcaraz

[countriesgame]

Please reblog for a bigger sample size!

If you have any fun fact about Serbia, please tell us and I'll reblog it!

Edit: Yugoslavia is misspelled.

#serbia #Srbija #Србија #europe #country polls #polls

[v5b5]

Sinner coming back from a good match all giggly and excited. I’m thinking lots of cuddles and smiles :)

I think there's no warnings, if there are... Please tell me.

English is not my first language, if you find some kind of mistake, please let me know.

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Melbourne was hot during the day, and that didn't help to be out all day. But when it comes to Jannik's matches you always try to be there in his box, supporting him like a good Wag.

Jannik's schedule was a bit tight today, early training, a tough match against the N.1 in the world, Novak Djokovic. And those kinds of days, meant not seeing each other in a long time or even in any moment of the day. But you tried to ignore that and just tried to enjoy the match peacefully.

Last night, you indeed got time to see each other, and you enjoyed the most you can, because You don't know what tomorrow has in store for you guys. Jannik invited you to eat some Italian food to get some good luck in the match. And during the dinner you talked and ignored everything around, but you noticed him a bit nervous, so you just put your hand on top of his.

"I know you're nervous, but no matter what happens tomorrow... I will always love you.". You said in almost a whisper, trying to comfort him. He just looked you in the eyes and gave you a small smile.

"you always know what to say. But no matter what, if you're gonna be in my box, I wanna impress you. I'll win for you." He said caressing the top of your hand with his thumb. Both looking at each other in the eyes and enjoying their presence, not wanting to let go of each other and just hopping for the time to freeze or just go slower to get more time with their loved one.

After a romantic and comforting dinner, Jannik felt a little more encouraged. So the next day, he woke up earlier than usual to have more training, but he couldn't help but keep staring at your beautiful and peaceful cute face while sleeping.

The match was gonna be rough, but he was ready, he knew he could win, nothing was an Impediment. Before walking down the tunnel to get out onto the court, he just tried to remember your sweet words and the feeling of encouragement you gave him. As the match developed, Jannik felt more and more tired, but he didn't have himself up. You tried to comfort him, by talking sweet things or just blowing him a kiss when he won a good point. For the time of 5 sets, the match ended with a big win for your loved one, but as much as you wanted to just go and hug him and cuddle, you knew you would have to wait a couple of hours just to have some contact with him.

Almost at 10 pm, you heard a knock on your hotel room door. You opened and when you saw Jannik, you just felt a rush and hugged him super tight. He picked you up and carried you to the bed. He threw himself there with you and just started cuddling and giving little pecks around your neck.

" did I impress you today?". He asked sweetly while hiding his face in your neck, also having his arms around you, not wanting to let go.

" you always do". Your whispered in his ear before kissing his cheek lovingly. "Don't ever leave me". He said like a little kid, not wanting his toy to be taken away. "I won't, believe me. I have no intention to do it". You simply answer before sticking even more at him and in some minutes you were both asleep, together, cuddling.

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I hope I didn't curse his match. God Bless him to win this match. If he loses it is NOT MY FAULT. I support him with all my heart.

Jannik, do this for Charlie.

#tennisblr #jannik sinner #tennis #fluff #jannik sinner x reader #cute carota man

[overlyinvestedinlife]

This year Jannik Sinner has:

Broken the record for most wins in a season by an Italian (58 and counting)

Reached a career high ranking of world #4

Reached his first Slam Semifina

Qualified for the Atp Finals for the first time

Beat Daniel Medvedev for the first time (and did it again)

Beat Novak Djokovic for the first time

Beat the world #1, #2, #3(2x) in the span of two months

Is only the third person in the last decade to beat Novak in a deciding set tiebreaker

And if the first person in 121 days to beat Novak Djokovic since his loss to Carlos Alcazar in Wimbledon

And he is still only 22 and has so much more room to grow and acheive as a player

#bye gonna go cry real quickly #tennis #forza jannik!!! #jannik sinner #atp finals

[bluespring864]

Happy World Tennis Day! And happy 10 year anniversary to Nole and Andy failing badly at taking selfies ;-)

photo credits: getty images (1), Andy Murray (2), Novak Djokovic (3)

#andy murray #novak djokovic #novandy #tennis #world tennis day 2014

[himawari693]

“We have a good rivalry,” Alcaraz said. “I am a guy who doesn’t want to lose in any match. Against him (Jannik Sinner) it is different. I feel a difference. Every time I beat him or lose against him is different. I learn something from every match I play against him.

“It would be great if [the rivalry] was like Rafa and Roger. It would be the dream. For ourselves and the tennis fans.”

- Carlos Alcaraz about Jannik Sinner, during Shangai Masters press conference

He's literally this meme:

#he got it BAD #carlos alcaraz #jannik sinner #sincaraz #janlitos #tennis

[tennisupdates]

BREAKING: Following his defeat to Luca Nardi in R3 of the BNP Paribas Open, current world no. 1 and 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic has been visited in the night by three apparitions calling themselves the ghosts of grand slams past, present, and future. Djokovic claims this will not affect his plans for the upcoming clay season.

#novak djokovic #luca nardi #tennis updates

[zingaplanet]

hi new tennis fan here, do you mind explaining the 2011 fedal fallout? I tried looking around but couldn't find much. Thanks in advance!

Oh ho ho mutual, thanks for the question altho I fear this might get too complicated too political too quickly hahaha I'll try to keep my answer neutral. Tennis politics is an underworld of nasty nasty business and as much as it is fascinating, it is unfortunately very different from the clean, elegant, prestigious look the sport is presented as at front, as is expected when big prize money is on the line. This is going to be quite long, as usual, so be prepared hahaha

There's a good NYT article about this whole Nadal-Federer-Djokovic council debacle which I highly reccommend (around their 2019 return to the council), but let me provide a bit of a back story to that as well.

Now this all started back in the early 2010s, Federer and Nadal were still world number 1 and 2 (oh the good old days), and they were also the leaders at the players' council (Nadal was Federer's VP). So the gist of it by end of 2011, there was a bit of a dispute, esentially about prize money, but quickly turned into a bit of everything.

Basically, after the ATP finals of that year, there was talk of changing ATP into a 2 year ranking system. This is a bit unconventional but it's actually related to how points are accumulated throughout the whole tour and the accessibility of the sports to newcomers.

Everyone kinda knows that tennis is one of the most difficult sports to break into, not only because tournament seedings are based on rankings (unlike in football for instance where it's random), meaning top players will always have preference to go all the way to the final, but also because prize money has also been reported as highly unequal. Players at the top level like Serena, Federer, Sharapova, Nadal etc earned a gazillion times more than even the top 20 players, this is because of sponsorship, but also because of the gap in prize money. More reports have been coming out on this recently, where the top 5 players in India and other countries can't even sustain themselves with prize money alone and has to take up side jobs.

The idea is that with a 2 year ranking, points will be distributed more evenly, rankings will be much more accessible and players in the top 50 will have access to better prize money. It's a bit complicated to explain technically but that's the gist of it as far as I understand.

Now the problem starts when in November that year, the players meeting saw all players (including Nadal) except Federer, the president, support the 2 year system. They were also planning to boycott the Australian Open, that they deemed were far too unfair in terms of prize money distribution as all other Grand Slams.

The dispute between the two of them also has another layer into it however. Unsurprisignly, the ranking debate is related to discussions about scheduling, in which Nadal has been strongly advocating for change since the beginning of his career.

I managed to dig up some quotes on this, it's pretty nasty (hmu if you want sources):

“"For him, it's good to say nothing, (His attitude is) "Everything is positive. It's all well and good for me, I look like a gentleman,' and the rest can burn themselves. He likes the circuit. I like the circuit. It's better than many other sports, but that doesn't mean that it couldn't be better.”

Rafa and some other players are protesting about the number of mandatory events a pro player is required to compete in during the year, arguing this is not actually sustainable for an athlete's physical condition which he himself has felt the brunt too many times.

"I love the game and there are a lot of things I'm grateful for,” Nadal said. “The game has allowed me to lead a fantastic lifestyle. But to finish your career with pain all over your body, is that a positive? No. Maybe (Federer) has got a super body and he'll finish his career like a rose. Neither myself, nor (Andy) Murray, nor (Novak) Djokovic are going to finish our careers like a rose. Tennis is an important part of my life, but it's a tough sport. We're not like him, where it's effortless to play. For all of us, it's a battle."

I believe this is the period Federer was referring to when he said "He used to follow me around with everything but then he grew to be his own person," etc.

Federer and Nadal before this period were strangely civil towards each other, even after those French Open and Wimbledon finals back to back - but this seemed to be the beginning of their souring relations. Federer handled it very discretely and only said he had “no hard feelings” toward Nadal for the comments, and Nadal also later admitted that his comments “must stay in the locker room.”

I'm not saying one player is right and the other is wrong, there is always 2 sides of the coin. A 2 year ranking system will mess a lot of things up in terms of the sport's competitiveness and spectatorship, but there is also a real pay gap problem in tennis, especially in Grand Slams, it's a very top heavy sport. It's very evident that Nadal and Federer's frustrations with each other relate a lot to their different career trajectories and playing style. Nadal said many times from the beginning that his style of play is too physicaly disruptive and I remember him saying he'd be very surprised if he's still playing in his 30s and it's obvious that Federer's injury-free career bothered him a bit, while Federer, I think is always the perfect middle-man between the players and the tournament organisers (he has very good relationship with all of them), and he understood nuances of the sports' politics and that it's never that simple to change everything, something a lot of young players don't really get I think (Nadal is a bit more politically diplomatic nowadays).

The story of the 2019 council dispute is a bit more complicated, and it actually shows how much they've built bridges over their differences as this time it was more the case of Novak vs the two of them, quite literally haha. Nadal and Federer were no longer part of the council then. I think it started with the firing of the ATP chief executive, Chris Kermode (Djokovic was the president at that time I think). Nadal and Federer were very unhappy about this and that they weren't consulted on the decision.

Federer said: “I tried to meet Novak on the deadline; unfortunately, he had no time, That’s hard to understand for me.” Nadal, who met with Federer at that tournament to discuss tour business, also echoed his displeasure.

Very spicy, huh? This actually ended up bringing both Nadal and Federer back together into the council. Federer agreed to rejoin, and he talked about it with Nadal: "I would only do it if you were going too. And he said: I also only participate if you are there too."

See his cute full interview here:

The sweetest cherry on top is actually Andy Murray, bless his little heart (he is unsurprisingly quite uninvolved with the drama hahaha). He also left the council recently and actually was really happy Federer and Nadal the duo managed to get back together into the fray. “Despite the sport’s current success we live in chaotic times,” Murray wrote on Twitter. “My biggest achievement on the council may well prove to be being part of the group of resignations that presented the opportunity for this to happen. Good luck!!!”

Anyhow, there you go, a few thousand? words on tennis politics that you clearly did not ask for but hey! nothing better to start saturday morning than some spicy drama between the world's top athletes, eh?

#was actually fun to look back and dig into the history books a bit #ooh this period was soo nasty #federer #nadal #fedal #tennis #novak djojovic #andy murray #politics #atp tour #australian open

[steffigraf]

lorenzo musetti gets the biggest win of his career by defeating current world no. 1 novak djokovic in monte carlo (13.04.2023)

#lorenzo musetti #monte carlo masters #tennis #*gifs #this was so sweet im sjdkfksd #hes cute

[banannasposts]

The people Max Verstappen and his human error championship beat to win the Laureus Award for Sportsman of the Year:

Tom Brady (American football) : 7x Super Bowl champion and widely regarded as one if not the greatest quarterback of all time.

Novak Djokovic (Tennis) : 20x Grand Slam winner and current record holder for most weeks as world Nr. 1 male tennis player.

Caeleb Dressel (Swimming) : 7x Olympic Gold medalist, winner of 8 medals at the last World championship (6 of them in Gold) and current holder of multiple world records.

Eliud Kipchoge (Athletics) : 2x Olympic Gold medalist and current world record holder in the marathon and while is does not officially count as world record he is also the first person finishing a marathon in under 2 hours.

Robert Lewandowski (football): third-highest goalscorer in the history of the UEFA Championships League and second-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, considered one of the best strikers of all time.

And in comparison to that you have Verstappen and his stolen world championship titel, it's actually really embarrassing.

#anti verstappen #F1 #laureus award #I had to make this when I saw that he won because this is ridiculous #You got all the athletes who are considered one of the best in their fields #I mean winning against Eliud Kipchoge???? Mister marathon himself??? #Source: got everything from Wikipedia I hope there are no mistakes

[soeuntv]

hi guys!! i'm liv and this is my cocky, shittalking tennis queen, cha soeun! ‪v v v excited to write with everyone (but also am an absolute noob at tennis. i literally know nothing about it. i had to chatgpt so many things so i apologize if anything is not the most accurate!!!) but anyways, u can find her condensed intro below - apologies if her characterization is still a little bit of a WIP because i tend to build my character as i plot & write, but anyways, please hit like if you'd like to plot!! i'm also good with dc or ims!

key info

cha soeun, twenty four (jan 11 2000)  national team tennis player capricorn sun, capricorn moon, aries rising entj  

personality

label: the spitfire, the heel alignment: lawful evil positive: ambitious, undeviating, tactical, confident, resilient, ebullient negative: cocky, irreverent, brash, volatile, impatient, fiery neutral: unapologetic inspirations: heavily inspired by novak djokovic. other inspirations include succession’s shiv roy, gossip girl’s blair waldorf, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo’s evelyn hugo

career

turned professional at 15

rose to prominence at 16 after defeating the world ranked 50 and made it to the finals of the miami open where she ultimately lost (and threw somewhat of a fit. she broke her racquet and smashed a ball into the crowd. you can watch it on youtube. probably included in one of her many ‘cha soeun's worst behaviours’ videos) - earned praise for her resilience, but also got shit on a lot for how “unprofessional” she acted 

played tournaments regularly following that but failed to win any major titles, although she did walk away with a few runner-up medals & won some smaller competitons

was still enough to get her called up to the national team at 18 (though not without a warning to get her shit together. she behaved for like three matches)

won her first major tournament, australia open at 21

hit her career best at 23, winning 3 grand slams in a year

off the court, she has been scrutinzed a lot for her lack of sportsmanship and irreverent attitude to most things. very polarizing to the public; some of the criticism is valid, but others not so much

the kind to chat shit before a game to mess with her opponent’s head. the kind to play with a demoralizing style, forcing opponents to play more impatiently, hit harder and take more risks. will pull out of a tournament if she thinks she will lose (her most infamous excuse was having a sore throat. was spotted at a karaoke bar the next day - she was very heavily criticized for this, and even soeun admits it was shitty of her to do that) 

undeniable that she’s very talented and very hardworking, considered one of asia’s top tennis players but she just has a horrible attitude that makes it hard for some people to support her 

background

wont add much but crazy, uber competitive family. father is ceo of a fintech company, mother is a healthcare cfo (i’m thinking her dad is some cocky tech bro who you love to hate. el*n musk dupe??) 

basically raised their kids on steroids - find something you’re good at and stick with it. be the best at it. anything less than #1 is not accepted  

soeun got lucky at five and realized that she liked tennis! and she was pretty fucking good at it.

her younger sibling was not as fortunate and spent their whole lives trying to find something they were good at and ultimately failing. soeun holds them as a reminder of why she needs to always keep trying and always be the best because there's no way she'll let herself end up like her younger sibling.

anyways yeah she just kept training and playing tennis. signed away her childhood but the fame and glory and attention was always more fun anyways 

trivia

shes messy but it’s not like she actively tries to be? when you’re raised in a crazy competitive family where shit talk is the normal way of life.. it’s just how you live life

she’s very much an entertainer. invited to a few variety shows, which she excels at because she’s just loud and bright and funny (but she’s not allowed to go on anything live. she’s a tad too unpredictable for that) 

genuinely believes in herself. the cockiness isn’t an act, she is genuinely and truly believes that she is the greatest and she can do anything. she doesn’t think that she deserves all the gold just because she's cha soeun - but because she knows that she’s talented and she works her ass off. 

on that note, she is very, very, very dedicated to her sport. incredibly hard worker. will stay till dawn. will practice till her fingers are calloused and bloody!!

potential plots

first love! shes bi so i would love something where your muse has trained with her all their lives and you broke up but now you’re friends and she’s forcing herself to laugh around you and everything thinks it’s SO cool that exes can be friends but truth is it hurts!!! alot!!! 

enemies!! someone who thinks soeun should shut the fuck up or that she’s ruining the beautiful sport of tennis or the olympics in general 

besties <3 or unlikely friends!!! a soft spoken sweet person to match soeun’s fiery nastiness 

enemies to fwbs… on the contrary, two very similar hot-heads! always at each other’s throat, sexual tension, you know the likes

pr friendship. she’s lowkey a pr mess and her team wants to “clean her image up” before the olympics so they pair you two together! idk they can end up being friends or beefing whatever works

the only other person who stays as late as she does. doesn’t have to be a fellow tennis player but someone who understands the #grind. sharing late night protein shakes after practicing till 3am vibes?? 

other tennis players!!

we can brainstorm!! i’m just vomiting cause as everything with life, i have procrastinated writing this intro until the very last minute! hehe

#gtvintro #. . ˚ . ⌗ ooc.

[butterflyintochains]

Novak Djokovic - All 24 Slams (Part 1)

Just a little project for myself, because I've not made a tennis related post in forever, so, enjoy!

2008 Australian Open

Def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6

Milestones Reached

First slam in second final (lost to Federer at the 2007 US Open)

Youngest AO winner in Men's singles at 20 years and 8 months.

First of his historic ten titles (thus far) at the tournament.

First slam final in 10 tournaments to not feature Roger Federer (Novak beat him in straight sets in the semi final)

First Serb to ever win a grand slam in singles.

First slam final since the 2005 edition not to feature Federer and/or Nadal.

First, and last, slam win with Adidas.

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2011 Australian Open

Def. Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3

Milestones Reached

First slam title since 2008

Second AO title

First straight sets win in a slam final

First slam final meeting for Novak and Andy!

Beat Federer again in straight sets in the semifinals.

First slam win with Sergio Tacchini.

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2011 Wimbledon

Def. Rafael Nadal: 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3

Milestones Reached

First of his seven Wimbledon titles.

First slam on grass

First time defeating Rafa in a slam final

Officially became world Numer One for the first time post tournament

Second slam of the season

Ended Nadal's 20 match win streak at Wimbledon dating back to 2008 (Nadal skipped the event in 2009)

First win in his first Wimbledon final.

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2011 US Open

Def. Rafael Nadal: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1

Milestones Reached

First three slam season.

First US Open title on his third run to the final.

Avenged his 2010 loss to Nadal.

Solidified his ranking at Number 1.

Fourth slam title, tying Courier.

Saved match points against Federer in that epic semifinal for the second season in a row.

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2012 Australian Open

Def. Rafael Nadal: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5

Milestones Reached

Fifth slam, and third in Australia.

Third consecutive defeat of Nadal in a slam final.

Longest slam final in history, at five hours and fifty-three minutes.

First five set win in a slam final.

The only major final Nadal has lost after winning the first set.

Third consecutive major title.

Longest ever Australian Open match.

First ever slam title defence for Novak.

Last slam win with Sergio Tacchini.

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2013 Australian Open

Def. Andy Murray: 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2

Milestones Reached

Fourth Australian Open title, tying Agassi.

Sixth slam title overall.

A historic three-peat at the Australian Open, the first in history at the time.

Fourth title in as many finals

First slam win with Uniqlo.

Second final against Andy.

Won an epic five setter against Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round, the first of their trilogy of AO matches from 2013-15.

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2014 Wimbledon

Def. Roger Federer: 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4

Milestones Reached

Second Wimbledon win in three finals (lost to Andy in 2013)

Second Wimbledon final in a row.

Second slam final in a row.

First time defeating Federer both in a slam final and at Wimbledon.

Returned to Number One.

First slam win with Boris Becker in his box!

Last slam title before becoming a father!

Seventh slam title overall, tying McEnroe, among others.

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2015 Australian Open

Def. Andy Murray: 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0

Milestones Reached

Fifth Australian open title in as many finals, extending his perfect record.

First slam win as a father!

Eighth slam win, tying Agassi and Connors, among others.

Third straight defeat of Andy in an AO final.

Another epic Djokovic-Wawrinka match, their last at the event, Novak won.

First of three slams that season.

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2015 Wimbledon

Def. Roger Federer: 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3

Milestones Reached

Ninth slam title, bearing down on the top of the slam list.

Third Wimbledon title in four finals.

Third consecutive Wimbledon final.

Second consecutive defeat of Federer to Djokovic at Wimbledon.

Second slam of the season.

Second AO-Wimbledon double up, after 2011.

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2015 US Open

Def. Roger Federer: 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

Milestones Reached

Tenth slam title overall.

Second US Open title.

Second consecutive win for Novak over Roger in a slam final that season.

First time making all four slam finals in a single year in his career (lost to Wawrinka at the French Open)

Probably one of the most epic wins of his, all alone against thousands (watch it if you haven't already, trust me!)

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2016 Australian Open

Def. Andy Murray: 6-1, 7-5, 7-6

Milestones Reached

Sixth Australian Open title, tying Roy Emerson.

Eleventh slam title overall, tying Bjorn Borg.

Sixth AO title in as many finals, and second consecutive.

Three quarters of his famous 'Nole Slam'.

Fourth AO final against Andy, and a perfect quartet of wins to boot.

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2016 French Open

Def. Andy Murray: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Milestones Reached

First non-calendar year grand slam in history.

First man to win all four slams on different surfaces in a row.

First man since Laver to win four slams in a row.

Career Grand Slam completed at last.

Fourth slam win in a row, sixth final in a row.

Twelfth slam title, tying Roy Emerson.

Seventh, and last, slam final against Andy.

Set the ranking points record at 16,950.

Set his 200th week as number one, and set his 100th consecutive week as number one.

First French Open title.

Borrowed Gustavo Kuerten's heart on clay celebration.

Last win in the Uniqlo era.

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2018 Wimbledon

Def. Kevin Anderson: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6

Milestones Reached

First slam title in over two years.

Fourth Wimbledon title in five finals.

Thirteenth slam title, passing Emerson for fourth.

First title at any level in a year, having last won at the Eastborne 250 event in 2017.

First title of the 2018 season.

Back into the top 10 of the rankings.

First slam final between a President and Vice-President of the ATP Players Council. (not really a milestone, but a fun little factoid)

First slam win with Lacoste.

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2018 US Open

Def. Juan Martin Del Potro: 6-3, 7-6, 6-3

Milestones Reached

Third US Open title.

Second slam in a row from as many finals.

Fourteenth slam overall, tying Sampras for third on the list.

Del Potro's second, and last, slam final.

Returned to the top three of the ATP rankings.

Dropped only two sets all tournament on the way to the title.

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2019 Australian Open

Def. Rafael Nadal: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Milestones Reached

Record breaking seventh Australian Open title from as many finals.

Fifteenth slam title overall, overtaking Sampras.

Retained the Number One ranking.

Third consecutive slam title.

First ever defeat of Nadal in straight sets in a slam final.

Fewest unforced errors across all of his slam wins.

Won the final without having his serve broken, and only faced one break point the whole match.

Second fastest slam win.

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So, I'm only allowed 30 images per post. So, this will have to be split into more than one part. Part Two is coming right up!

#tennis #novak djokovic #Novak's Slams

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Novak Djokovic with a determined look after his first set against Holger Rune at the ATP finals in Turin 2023 and a relieved look after the win. 6-3 in the 3d set and getting broken in every set must have been a little too close to comfort for the eternal perfectionist. This win marks a record 400 weeks at the No. 1 spot and the 8th time he will end the year as World No. 1.

#novak djokovic #tennis #atp finals 2023

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Okay genuinely curios, I've seen a lot of people seemingly unnecessary hate on Djokovic. And you didn't sound too fond of him either considering your Wimbledon post. Could you explain why though? I've seen some really nasty comments made about him, and while i get cheering for the other side, a lot of the comments have been needlessly cruel.

No Nuance Headline:

He’s an antivax fascist lol.

The Nuance Zone:

personally i do not respect antivax conspiracists, especially ones who then style themselves ‘the spartacus of the new age’ after getting denied entry to australia. in the context of this even his seemingly more harmless ‘you can imbue water with good beliefs’ nonsense takes on a more sinister tone, because he’s not just a Goof he’s a quite dangerous anti-science weirdo.

also - and this is slightly less cut and dry because the Balkans is a Complicated Place - he’s a real hard right Serbian Nationalist. Obviously your relation to your country is going to be different than the model of patriotism/national pride you see in a lot of the west when that country was only (re)formed through war 30 years ago, so some of the Kosovo comments are awful but probably not capital-B Beyond the Pale given how the Balkans are. That said, personally I wouldn’t pose for a photo with the commander of a battalion that led the genocide of 8,000 Bosniaks for the crime of Being Muslim.

also, he very clearly loves playing the villain within tennis and being some superhuman grand slam machine, so within the context of tennis i think rooting against him is fun, especially for the Young Upstart in carlos.

tl;dr - this article does a good job outlining his track record of being A Freak, I think the end is worth considering especially re: the Less Outright Malicious Serbian Nationalism but again, I wouldn’t personally get chummy with a genocidal officer.

#not wholly relevant to the ask but his dad has gotta be one of the weirdest cunts of the century #novak djokovic #novak djokovic haters club #wimbledon #asks