Tennis is a sport that pits two players against each other and Novak Djokovic (Belgrade, 1987) always wins. The Serbian has renewed the saying of Gary Lineker, who has become an unbeatable rival for everyone, including for Grigor Dimitrov in Paris-Bercy where this Sunday he achieved his 18th consecutive victory (6-4, 6-3).
There are already seven titles in the city of light and 40 Masters 1000 for Nole, more than anyone else of course, in a legendary career that grows bigger with each tournament. The next one will be the Turin Masters, in which with a single victory the Serbian tennis player will also ensure that he finishes as number one for the ninth time this year, another feat by an alien who looks like a human.
Only Carlos Alcaraz, in the Wimbledon final, has been able to defeat Djokovic since last May. He could not join the list Dimitrov, who has not won an ATP tournament since 2017 and finished the final devastated, crying from helplessness. In a nice gesture, the Parisian public stood up to applaud him and recognize his great tournament despite the last defeat.
“I think we both started a little tired and I got the feeling that he was running out of gas at the end and I was able to find strength,” the Serbian champion proclaimed with satisfaction. “It is incredible to have been able to win this tournament after almost losing three games in a row,” he recalled, referring to the victories almost at the buzzer, in three sets, in the round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals.
The final in Paris went from more to less. like Dimitrov. The battle in the first round was more than beautiful. The tie was broken only at the end, on the only break point of the entire set, used perfectly by Djokovic to take the lead. In a second. Dimitrov gave up his serve much sooner and it was all downhill for the Serbian from then on, on his unstoppable course towards the title.
