Novak Djokovic warned towards Rafael Nadal ‘battle’ as efforts could also be ‘forgotten’

“We cannot forget the ones from before: Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver, who completed the Calendar Grand Slam twice, or Pete Sampras. Sometimes we forget about these people Agassi, for example, is also there.

“Children only look at who is the champion, I suppose it happens like in football, where Pele was appreciated in his time, then Cruyff arrived, Maradona and now Messi.

“Djokovic, despite his 23 Grand Slams, will be forgotten like everyone else. We can only sit and look at his records when we open the newspaper, but we can’t forget about Nadal, or about Federer because he retired. Djokovic’s turn will come too.”