‘Clear Favourite to Win the Laureus Award’: Boris Becker Makes a Bizarre Statement on Novak Djokovic

Published 02/22/2022, 4:30 AM EST

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was one of the most dominant players across all sports during the 2021 season. Had it not been for Daniil Medvedev, he would have won all four Majors during the past season.

Recently, former coach and tennis great Boris Becker spoke on Djokovic and praised him for his heroics during the previous season. He feels that World No. 1 from Serbia deserves to win the Laureus Sports Award for the best athlete.

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The manner in which Novak went about last season, dominating the scenes at the Grand Slam events, he rightly deserves it. He won his 9th Australian Open title in Melbourne. After that, he won the French Open for the second time in his career, beating Rafael Nadal en route. He then won his 20th Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships.

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Speaking on this topic, Becker stated, “Novak had an incredible 2021, winning three of the four Grand Slams. He came very close to completing the Grand Slam at the US Open but lost to Daniil Medvedev. For this reason, I think he starts out as one of the clear favorites to win the Laureus Award for being the best athlete of the year.”

(Quotes translated using Google translate)

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Although Boris believes, people should not consider the difficulties Novak faced due to off the court issues during the Australian Open this season. Instead, fans should focus on the titles won by him executing some of the best tennis during the 2021 season.

The great German added, “However, this should not be relevant, since what matters here is what you do on the track and not what happens off it. Whether or not to get vaccinated is a private choice, what we should reflect on is his performance on the tennis court, as 2021 was really impressive.”

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At the moment, Djokovic is busy competing at the Dubai Tennis Championships. It is the first event he is competing in this year. We wish him all the best for the matches this week and for the rest of the season.

What do you think of the comments made by Boris Becker? Do you agree with his assessment? Let us know in the comments below!

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Rohan Kollare is a Tennis author at EssentiallySports. Rohan has studied Sports Management and has a trophy cabinet adorned with accolades won in district and state-level tennis competitions. He has previously worked in Content Operations for Disney’s Hotstar for over a year, covering Tennis and Formula One.

‘Clear Favourite to Win the Laureus Award’: Boris Becker Makes a Bizarre Statement on Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic was the player to beat last season

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