Planet Novak
There are no words, so comprehensive, to explain what tennis true number one player did on that January 29, 2023.
That said, they would have to carry all the charge, all the passion, the palette of emotions that Novak Djokovic displayed on his way to another ascent to tennis' Mount Everest. They would have to carry at least a grain of altruism embodied by Novak Djokovic in his unstoppable finishing towards the realization of cosmic tennis goals.
When no one believes that there is a stratosphere above the stratosphere, Novak proves it.
"Go back to your planet, Novak," tweeted Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, after Djokovic's 22nd Grand Slam triumph.
Another of Novak's colleagues, Australian John Millman, said:
"Rod's arena, but Novak's court".
Some repented, bit their lip and, like Craig Tiley, at least partially atone for last year's sin.
He made it possible for Novak Djokovic to have all seven performances as evening tennis events, which suited Novak perfectly.
Craig Tiley knew last year and all these years that Novak equals Melbourne. And it paid off for him to withstand the barrage of critics about how he pandered to the champion. If anyone deserves it, it is definitely Novak.
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But really, what planet is Novak from? How is it possible that with so much burden on his back, in so many trials, he is always the one who comes out victorious?
It's no wonder that Stefanos Tsitsipas burst out with that attack of sincerity at the trophy awarding ceremony, when he said that "no one greater than Novak has ever picked up a racket". Well done, Stefanos, well done...
We can go by the numbers in Novak's grandiose triumph and conclude that the sport of tennis has never seen...
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