“I leave those kind of discussions of who is the greatest to someone else.” “I don’t want to say that I am the greatest, because I feel, I’ve said it before, it’s disrespectful towards all the great champions in different eras of our sport that was played in completely different way than it is played today,” he said. He became the first man to win all four tennis majors at least three times, joining three women who did so ( Serena Williams, Steffi Graf and Margaret Court). “I’m obviously overwhelmed with most beautiful emotions at the moment but also huge relief because so much tension, so much intensity, so much, I guess, pressure and expectations.”ĭjokovic also broke Nadal’s record as the oldest French Open singles champion. “I waited for this moment and worked really, really hard to eventually get a shot at the historic Grand Slam title,” he said. He began his victory speech in French, saying it was special to break the record at the major that has been the most difficult for him to win. Novak Djokovic won the French Open for his 23rd Grand Slam singles title, breaking the men’s record he shared with Rafael Nadal, a record that he may now own for a very long time.ĭjokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 in Sunday’s final at Roland Garros.
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