LONDON: Novak Djokovic said on Sunday he considered himself “best player” after winning the title of the 20th Grand Slam but refused to anoint himself as “the biggest all time”.
The 34-year-old went to 20 majors with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Costesy from the Sixth Wimbledon title guaranteed by 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Matteo Berrettini Italy.
If he won the fourth US open in September, he would be the first person since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete the grand slam calendar and third history in history.
Read Alsonovak Djokovic won the recording – equating Grand Slam with Sixth Wimbledon Triumphworld number one Novak Djokovic beat Italia’s seventh seed Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday to win the sixth title Wimbledon.
His third victory in the All England Club also received the 20th Serbian A Grand Slam title, equaled the record of men held by Switzerland “I consider my best and I believe that I am the best, otherwise I will not talk to Confident about winning Bhlams and making history, “Djokovic said.
“But if I was the biggest of all time or not, I left the debate to others.” I said before that it was very difficult to compare the tennis era.
We have rackets, technology, balls, different courts.
It’s only a very different condition that we are playing, so it’s very difficult to compare from 50 years ago to this day.
“However, I am very honored to be part of a conversation.” Although careful, Djokovic knew he had time and momentum on his side.
At the age of 34, he was a year younger than Nadal and had the best part of six years on the big 40-year-old Federer.
Nadal passed Wimbledon after losing to Djokovic in the semi-final open France last month.
Federer went out the quarter-finals at the All England Club.
Eight of 20 Bhams Djokovic has been won since he was 30 years old.
He also won seven of the last eight grand slam finals he had struggled, with the only defeat at that time came against Nadal in the French Open last year.
Triumh Djokovic at Wimbledon to claim 20 Grand Slam titles Ivanisevic, Wimbledon Champion 2001 and now being part of the Djokovic Training Team, insisting there is “no debate” about who is the biggest.
“For me Novak is the best ever.
He wrote history.
He will do it in the US Open.
I really believe he will do it, he will win the fourth in one year.
Then I think the story is over,” he said.
Ivanisevic on Sunday.
“For me it’s been a long time.
Between these three guys, 60 grand slams.
It’s not real.
For me, not because I’m here, before I am a team member, for me he is the best.” If he wins the US, I think it’s over.
He wants to win more.
But for me Novak is the biggest ever.
I don’t even need to argue about it.
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But Federer Went to 15 slammed with a victory in the 2009 Wimbledon final and reached 20 in the Australian Open 2018.
Djokovic slammed at that stage.
Since then, he also graduated from Federer for weeks as a world number one.
“I might start thinking about trying to reach a record of most Grand Slams Won, most of the week at No.
1 Historically, maybe about two to three years ago, “Djokovic said.” It seems that a little out of reach.
I always believe that I can play my best tennis at the Grand Slams and give myself a good chance to win a slam that is really on whatever surface because I know what I can afford.
“But only the last two and a half, three years I began to realize that actually I could reach most of the No.1 week, which was my real main goal in the past two years, and also the Grand Slams.”