The scent of triumph is still in the air. Not even 10 days have passed since the title at Roland Garros and the possibility of relaxing is not among the possibilities of Novak Djokovic, who is in the ATP 250 of Mallorca to catch a rhythm in the face of Wimbledon, your next big goal. A super busy calendar is coming and you will barely have time to hang out with your intimates. However, he knows his goal for 2021: to stay with the Golden Slam and be the top Grand Slams winner in history. And it doesn’t seem like an impossible subject.
As we marked a few days ago, Djokovic was – without a doubt – the best tennis player of the last decade since he overwhelmed his rivals almost always and broke with every possible record. So much so that he harvested 18 of his 19 Slams, surpassed Roger Federer already Rafael Nadal (as a whole) in great competitions achieved during that period and a brutal comeback was marked that seemed unthinkable long ago. Indeed, he was never this close to caressing the top of the table that players in this sport fight for. It is that in case of being able to lift the cup in just under three weeks at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club he will write a new page in history since there has never been a triple tie at the top. And it will be with 20 successes each, but with a different growth margin for each of the three Big3 contenders.
IN SEARCH OF THE TRICAMPIONSHIP
Wimbledon seemed to be Federer’s home. There he exercised supremacy over the rest and before each event it was only necessary to think against who was going to play the final. However, the trend changed over the years since the Serbian was crowned in the last two editions (2018 and 2019, in 2020 the tournament was not held due to the coronavirus pandemic). Likewise, Rafa will not travel to London, Roger is not physically in the best way and the Next Gen will be in charge of taking a step forward if they do not want to continue losing ground.
THE GOLDEN SLAM MORE VALID THAN EVER
Winning the Golden Slam seemed like an impossible mission for these times. The intense competition and the parity in the first places made imagine an impossible feat. Despite that, the gap was opened once the Spanish southpaw, King of the clay, fell at the French Open. In that sense, the Belgrade-born has three championships on his mind: Wimbledon, the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the US Open. At the same time, the world number 1 does not seem to be in danger. Will anyone be able to stop him or will he be on his way to unprecedented success?
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