![]() ![]() ![]() For example, having won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon respectively a year ago over Nadal and Federer, many in the know believed he would defend his US Open title and collect a fourth crown in New York. There are, of course, some imponderables. As the youngest member of the trio-he will be 33 in May, Nadal turns 34 in June, and Federer reaches 39 in August-Djokovic should have the most opportunities to succeed on the premier stages of the sport in the years to come. He owns 17, two less than Nadal and only three shy of Federer. Now, this singularly evocative individual is as close to his two foremost rivals as he has ever been in his bid to stand alone at the top of the men’s Grand Slam title list of victors. Prior to the start of that surge which started at Wimbledon in 2018, he was no fewer than eight titles behind Federer, but his preeminence at the last two majors of 2018 and the first of the following year put Djokovic into another realm. Djokovic had made substantial gains on Federer by sweeping his third Big 4 title in a row. He stood five crowns behind the Swiss Maestro and two titles in back of the redoubtable Spaniard. After the 2019 Australian Open-when Djokovic played probably the best big match of his illustrious career to defeat Nadal in the final-the Serbian had secured 15 titles at the Grand Slam events. At this time a year ago, I wrote about Novak Djokovic’s quest for historical supremacy at the major tournaments as he moves through a fascinating journey in this era alongside Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. ![]()
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