Novak Djokovic Wants His Own Legacy- “Of Course I Care About History”

Published 10/01/2019, 11:28 AM EDT

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World Number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic is not interested in the Grand Slam race with his arch-rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. He aspires to maintain his own legacy in tennis by staying on his path and then reach for the stars.

The Serb is fascinated about creating history in tennis, but at the same time, he aims to stay on his pavement to attain that niche. “I want to be able to build my own path and build my own legacy and focus on that rather than breaking someone else’s record. Of course, I care about history,” the Serb expressed.

“Of course, I want to be the best I can possibly be in the history of this sport. But again, my main attention or focus goes to fuelling my own journey and creating my own legacy,” Djokovic said.

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He holds an upper-hand in the head-to-head tally against both Federer and Nadal and Djokovic is the youngest player amongst the three. Novak won 13 out of his 16 Grand Slams by playing the final against the ‘Big Four’ of tennis and his relentless hitting from the baseline usually withers away his opponents.

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The 16-time major champion, Djokovic is presently four Slams behind the Swiss maestro and three Slam short of the Spaniard adept. The complete player of tennis, Djokovic believes that all three of them have their own ways to succeed on the ATP Tour. 

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“I understand why people want to talk about record-breaking, but I feel like we all have our own path, and we all have different careers and just different journeys through life and through tennis,” Novak Djokovic said.

Djokovic’s elastic nature and the precision with which he returns the ball would take him on the next level of the sport and create his own records. 

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Presently, at Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2019, Novak Djokovic won 6-4, 6-3 by defeating  Alexei Popyrin. Djokovic will next play the home favorite Go Soeda. On Tuesday, it was his first professional appearance since his US Open 2019 retirement due to his injured shoulder. In Tokyo, his shoulder is not causing any troubles and the Serbian feels healthy.

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