Djokovic, triple champion of Roland Garros and king of the Grand Slam with 23 titles

Novak Djokovic enjoyed a day of complete happiness. It’s hard to ask for more in life when you’ve dreamed of dedicating yourself to your passion, tennis, since childhood. Looking at idols, you even dare to think that one day you will become a champion. As he thought when he was holding a racket in his native Belgrade, before the conflict in the war from which he had to flee to Italy as a teenager, a day like this on June 11, 2023 in Paris could not pass his head

in the land of Rafael Nadal He experienced the fullness of being the first male tennis player with the most individual Grand Slam titles, the category that separates the legends from the greats and greats. At 36 years old Novak Djokovic He added 23rd to the record that opened at the 2008 Australian Open, fifteen seasons ago.

Without the king of Roland Garros in the competition, ‘Nole’ signed a very important hat-trick. The best of 2018 and 2021, succeeded in the Balearic Islands, as the oldest champion, in twenty days, defeating his last victim, also a tennis player from his academy in Manacor, the Norwegian. Casper Ruud. For statistics, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 and 7-5 in 3h.13′. Djokovic lay down on the clay to taste what he had done. It took him a few minutes to hug his family in the stands and get into a tracksuit emblazoned with the number 23.

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Djokovic leaving 22 ‘large’ of Rafael Nadalbreak away a little from the retirees Roger Federer (twenty). He broke the record by becoming the eighth person in history with three or more Musketeers Cups in the French capital.

A massive conquest, decorated with the recovery of the world number one, which is usurping Carlos Alcarazvictim of cramps in the semifinal that really unbalanced the competition in favor of Novak Djokovic.

Casper Ruud, Although he repeated the final at Roland Garros, played in the third Grand Slam including the US Open 2022, he belongs to the category of tennis humans. 24 years old and number 4 in the world, he is an exceptional professional, rigorous in exploiting his serve and forehand, but with limitations unknown to any member of the ‘Big 3’. He gave up his five appointments to Djokovicis not scratched a set of eleven disputed.

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It is a battle of Djokovic to himself. On other occasions he succumbed to the grandeur of the moment, as in the case of his first final at Roland Garros, when he was bumped by Stan Wawrinka once he eliminated Nadal, in 2015. Or that US Open 2021 final, surpassed by Daniel Medvedev.

In these sports experiences he participates in rare episodes such as the disqualification in New York or the deportation from Australia, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. He was not vaccinated, even missing many events. In his own way he takes revenge.

Has 21 Grand Slam match winning streak, unbeaten since falling in Roland Garros 2022 quarterfinals against nadal. He maintained his dominance at Wimbledon with a seventh, regained hegemony at tenth in Melbourne, had a transcendent third at Roland Garros and kept the counter running.

He was nervous, a lot, in the first set. The two failed strikes expressed his dismay. 1-4 too. He needs trouble to adapt to the needs of the moment, not to be carried away in hot weather. A fall here, a protest to the referee there, a gesture that enlightens the public and a ruud less ferocious when he took on the responsibility of keeping the scoreboard going.

The ‘tiebreak’ came, he missed nothing Djokovic. Clear pressure, sharp tennis, for sentence against an inferior opponent. The historical occasion is unique. Balkan worked for him, a gifted man with a unique ability to win over followers and critics. A unique character that this time had the implicit support of the legendary former NFL quarterback Tom Bradyembedded in the team and Serb relatives.

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by the numbers today Novak Djokovic It’s the best ever, though there will be heated debate about whether it’s also the greatest because of the footprint it left behind Roger Federer and the fire that was kindled Rafael Nadalwho even underwent surgery to save him.

An exciting time of tennis also in its final strokes. Djokovic he took the trophy, a check for 2,300,000 euros and another piece of eternal glory. See Wimbledon, with the option of completing the Grand Slam in the same season. He has 23 ‘big ones’, like Serena Williams and one from Margaret Court, 94 professional titles. Amazing. A chosen one. It was witnessed live by Kylian Mbappé, Ibrahimovic, Mike Tyson or Hugh Grant. To deliver the trophy, the last French hero, Yannick Noah.

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