Serena Williams fired warning by Novak Djokovic’s coach after French Open win
Novak Djokovic remains to be motivated to kick onto even better heights regardless of changing into essentially the most profitable Grand Slam male tennis participant of all time at Roland-Garros. And he now goals to maneuver forward of the honour that he shares with Serena Williams. The Serbian clinched a file twenty third main title with a straight-sets win towards Casper Ruud within the French Open ultimate.
The success in Paris moved Djokovic one slam title forward of long-time rival Rafael Nadal who missed this yr’s flagship clay court docket occasion by damage. The Spaniard is anticipated to retire on the finish of the 2024 season, however there isn’t any signal of Djokovic doing the identical simply but and in response to his coach Goran Ivanisevic, he will probably be trying to take his achievements to the following stage.
Speaking in a press convention after the French Open ultimate, Invanisevic mentioned: “Winning in front of this unbelievable crowd, unbelievable stadium. So I don’t know how far along, that’s why his body is unbelievable. He’s keeping his body great. He’s in great shape.
“Thank God not too many accidents. Little right here and there however not main accidents. So he is unbelievable, and he is nonetheless shifting like a cat on the court docket, you recognize. He’s there. Like Ninja, he is in all places.
“So it’s fascinating to see, because sometimes you think, okay, now you have 23. But he’s gonna find, again, some kind of motivation to win 24, maybe 25, who knows where is the end.”
Rudd had began the ultimate brightly taking a 4-1 first-set lead, however Djokovic demonstrated typical psychological power to battle his method again earlier than profitable on a tie-break in a set that lasted 90 minutes.
It was a unique story within the second set nevertheless, with Djokovic racing right into a 3-0 lead earlier than serving out the set. Rudd held his personal within the third up till 5-5 earlier than shedding his serve with out scoring some extent and that was all Djokovic wanted to serve to victory, creating historical past within the course of.
The French Open win returns the Serb to the highest of the ATP Worlds Rankings for a file 389th week. His twenty third Grand Slam triumph places him out on his personal within the males’s recreation however not in tennis as an entire.
In the ladies’s recreation Williams holds the file for essentially the most main titles gained, additionally on 23. The 41-year-old has now retired, nevertheless, so only one extra slam victory would put Djokovic forward of the American legend and stage with Margaret Court’s 24 Majors
By profitable the French Open Djokovic has additionally turn into the primary male tennis participant to win all 4 Grand Slam titles 3 times or extra. He has gained the US Open 3 times, the Australian Open 10 instances and Wimbledon on seven events.