LONDON, July 11 / WAM / Three decades ago, Serbian Novak Djokovic was still in his childhood, and he began his sporting dream on the green grass of the Wimbledon courts and the tennis racket carried by American legend Pete Sampras.
Now, Djokovic has capped that dream with seven titles, several impressive numbers on grass at Wimbledon and four Grand Slam titles.
Yesterday, Djokovic won his seventh English Open title at “Wimbledon”, defeating Australian Kyrgios in the final of the tournament despite Kyrgios leading in the first set.
“I was four or five when I saw Pete Sampras win Wimbledon in 1993,” Djokovic told the WTA website. It was my dream to come here and play in these stadiums.. after this my childhood dream. The stage is to win the championship title.. Every time I win the title it has more meaning and specialness.
Although Russian and Belarusian players were stripped of ranking points at this edition of Wimbledon, Djokovic was keen to win the title for a number of reasons, chief among them not having won the Australian Open and the French Open. “Roland Garros” titles this season.
Djokovic missed the Australian Open after not receiving a vaccine against the coronavirus, while the player exited Roland Garros after defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.
By winning this time, 35-year-old Djokovic became second on the list of players with the most titles in four Grand Slams, taking his tally to 21 titles, one title behind Nadal and one title ahead. Roger Federer.
Djokovic’s desire to win the title came from the exhilarating atmosphere of his victories in the last three matches he played in the tournament, as the player turned his delay into a valuable victory in each of these matches.
Djokovic had a thrilling and exciting quarter-final win over Italy’s Janek Senor in two sets, then a thrilling victory over Britain’s ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie in the semi-finals. The final was held yesterday in the competition which was held for three hours and one minute.
Yesterday, Djokovic earned his first win in three matches against the 27-year-old Kyrgios, who has not reached the quarter-finals of four Grand Slams but has shown some stubbornness early in the match against Djokovic, who has reached the Wimbledon final. Eighth time.
Djokovic yesterday took his streak at Wimbledon to 28 in 4 editions as his last loss at Wimbledon came in the quarter-finals of the tournament in 2017.
Yesterday, Djokovic achieved his 86th win against 10 losses with a 90 percent win rate, his second best win rate in four Grand Slams after the Australian Open, where he had 82 wins against 8 losses. 91 percent knew that he had won the title 9 times.
In four Grand Slam tournaments in his career, Djokovic has 334 wins and 47 losses, a win rate of 87 percent.
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