Novak on prime: Djokovic hailed as he surpasses Roger Federer’s report for many weeks spent as world primary

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Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has carved out a novel piece of tennis historical past after he lastly beat Roger Federer’s report for essentially the most weeks spent on the summit of the boys’s rankings.

On Monday Djokovic marked a complete of 311 weeks spent atop the ATP rankings, yet one more than the long-standing report held by Swiss nice Federer. He has loved 5 totally different spells because the world’s top-ranked males’s participant, most not too long ago seizing the dignity from Rafael Nadal just below 13 months in the past.

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Djokovic won the Australian Open for a ninth time. © Reuters
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The 33-year-old made his first look because the world primary again in 2011 and boasts an unbelievable 18 Grand Slam wins in a profession which stands out as one of many most interesting within the sport’s lengthy historical past.

“It actually excites me to stroll the trail of legends and giants of this sport,” Djokovic mentioned in an announcement launched by the ATP Tour.

“To know that I’ve earned my place amongst them by following my childhood dream is an attractive affirmation that once you do issues out of affection and keenness, every little thing is feasible.“

Djokovic opted for a extra measured response to the beginning of his reign because the holder of the rankings report, merely writing on Twitter Monday morning that it was a “huge day as we speak“.

The ATP Tour, in the meantime, famous Djokovic’s feat as being “nothing in need of extraordinary“. 

“Novak’s many achievements in tennis are nothing in need of extraordinary,” ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi introduced. “Amongst them this report could stand as his single most spectacular. 

“Reaching No. 1 is one thing many gamers dream of and only a few ever accomplish, and to have held the highest spot for longer than anybody is testomony to the degrees of sustained excellence that Novak has redefined in our sport.“

Talking after successful the latest Australian Open, Djokovic mentioned that he was now concentrating on bettering the all-time Grand Slam report dually held by Federer and Nadal (20), although the Serb additionally has a pack of rising stars making an attempt to maintain tempo behind him.

Elsewhere, Russia’s Andrey Rublev, 23, has been in imperious type recently and added one other event win to his spectacular resume this previous weekend in Rotterdam when he received the ABN AMRO World Tennis Event. The win for the world quantity eight means he has now received 20 straight matches at ATP500 occasions, whereas additionally claiming seven successive ATP Tour championship victories.

And whereas Rublev does not but have a Grand Slam win to his title, tennis insiders are forecasting that the dynamic Russian’s title might as soon as be etched onto among the main titles claimed by the irrepressible Djokovic.