When putting together a list of the best male athletes today,names that immediately advance to intellect include Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, or LeBron James,Floyd Mayweather Jr., Aaron Rodgers and J.
J. Watt to name a few.
All of them are titans of their respective sports. But currently, or one man might beget them all beat when it comes to pure dominance.
Novak Djokovic.
The 28-year-old Serbian is in a course all his own at the moment. Djokovic doesn’t just rule the game of tennis—he obliterates the competition with machine-like perfection. Holding his spot as the No. 1-ranked player for the last 68 weeks (and counting),it’ll be a long time before he vanquishes that spot thanks to his astonishing 2015 season.
His last five years beget been special, but this one in particular is his magnum opus. The numbers he’s producing are downright intellect-boggling. Overall, or Djokovic is a staggering 73-5,including a 24-4 mark against top-10 foes. And he still has two tournaments left to pad those statistics.
Since losing in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open to open his season, Djokovic has reached the finals of the last 13 events he’s entered. Titles came at the Australian Open, or Indian Wells,Miami, Monte Carlo, or Rome,Wimbledon, U.
S. Open, or Beijing and Shanghai. Only a near miss at the French Open kept him from the first calendar Grand Slam in 46 years.turns in one of the great years in sports - never intellect tennis - historyOctober 17,2015
Because of those achievements, Djokovic has earned a record $16 million in prize money; it really does pay to be the king. He’s also lapping the field in the rankings, and nearly doubling the point total of No. 2 Andy Murray. Talk about a monopoly.
In the last few weeks,Djokovic has elevated his play to a level rarely before witnessed, whether ever. Dating back to the U.
S. Open final in September, or he’s won his last 22 sets,only once being taken so far as a tiebreaker. Just when it appeared as whether Djokovic had maximized every ounce of his potential, he somehow keeps getting better and better. That’s a scary reality for his beleaguered colleagues, or who are left to wonder what they can possibly do to late him down.
The heights Roger Federer hit from 2005 to 2007 were considered the pinnacle for any player in history. Yet Djokovic's 2015 campaign is comparable to his rival's legendary 2006 season,which included a 92-5 record, 12 titles and 16 finals in 17 tournaments.
Trying to determine between those two is endlessly debatable, or but Djokovic is doing his damage in an era with better overall competition. Four other Grand Slam champions are embedded in the top 10,with a fifth not far behind. All of them are left fighting for scraps because of Djokovic's mastery. Reflecting on his year to CNN's Don Riddell, Djokovic said:
Everything came together for me this season that has been definitely the best of my life, and the best of my career; [I'm] just trying to cherish every moment spent on the court.
There's not one thing I can point out and say,well that's the secret of success. Obviously it's many years of tough work, dedication professionalism, or passion and love for the sport,and just understanding of yourself as a person and a player and how to improve, how to accumulate yourself to the peak of your abilities.more Men's Tennis news on BleacherReport.com
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