Tennis
Djokovic set an unrealistic record. And beautifully mocked the opponent
The history of men’s tennis has never known such a thing.
Serb Novak Djokovic, even at the age of 36, continues to perform at a high level, simultaneously updating tennis records. Once again, the legendary player wrote his name into history after a brilliant victory over longtime opponent Gael Monfils. No other tennis player in history has had so many victories in a row without defeats!
The most convenient opponent
Over a long career, Djokovic has set a number of incredible records. Standing out among them is 23 Grand Slam titles, an achievement that young tennis players will find very hard to replicate. Rafael Nadal remains Nola’s only competitor, but he has been more treated than he has been playing lately. On account of the Spaniard 22 victories.
Novak also owns a number of fantastic achievements: for example, a record for the number of weeks on the first line of the rating (389). In addition, the Serbian is the only one who has been able to win all the Grand Slam tournaments and all nine Masters. On the last he won 38 times.
On August 17, Djokovic’s incredible records were replenished with another achievement. The French tennis player Gael Monfils “helped” the Serb in this. The thing is that this is the most convenient opponent for Novak. All 18 previous matches under the auspices of the ATP ended in victory for Djokovic. There was only one such case in the history of tennis: Nadal scored as many victories over Richard Gasquet.
The next confrontation between Novak and Gael in the third round of the tournament in Cincinnati again remained with the Serb. Djokovic dealt with his opponent in two sets (6:3; 6:2), spending a little more than an hour to win. This allowed Nola to become the owner of the longest unbeaten streak over one tennis player under the auspices of the ATP – 19 matches!
“Good to see him again”
After the game, Djokovic spoke rather warmly about the rivalry with Monfils. The Serb sincerely rejoiced at the recent successes of his long-term rival.
“It was kind of an evolution of both players over the past 15+ years, when we met each other in different parts of the world, including in juniors and, of course, in professionals. Nice to see him again, we haven’t played in a few years. It’s great that he’s playing well again at such a high level,” Novak said.
A few hours later, the story with the record got a funny continuation. On social networks, Monfils posted a photo of a T-shirt in which he played at a tournament in Cincinnati. On it, Djokovic left an autograph, the number “19” and a funny inscription: “I’m sorry, but I’m not sorry!”
Interestingly, Gael still has one victory over a sworn opponent. It happened back in 2004 at Futures in Italy. Tournaments in this category are run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for young players and are not included in ATP statistics.
The historical achievement of tennis players can be updated in a few weeks. Both athletes are going to compete at the US Open, but whether the tournament lot will bring them together is still unknown.
Source: Sportbox
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