Yannick Sinner was defeated by Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Champions Tour final and the Italian spoke of how impressive it is that the Serb remains the best tennis player in the world despite his age (36).

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Yannick Sinner believes that Novak Djokovic will not end his career in the near future

Sinner says Nole is an inspiration to him and doesn’t think the ATP leader will retire from professional tennis anytime soon. Yannick beat the Serb in the groups, but was unable to give him much trouble in the final.

“He won 24 Grand Slam tournaments. He’s already won here seven times, hasn’t he? His body is in incredible shape. I don’t know how many years we will see him.

What I said on the field is that he’s inspiring because he worked all those years when he was younger, right, to get to this point. That’s one of my goals too, right?

It’s not just one season. You look at this season and say, “Okay, he played well.” But you have to play well every season and you have to get to a certain age, 35, 36, 37 or whatever, and still be able to feel your body right.

The match is now a physical battle because the balls are getting so fast that you have to be physically ready. In addition, mentally you have to understand very quickly what is happening.

This is what he does now better than others. He won three Grand Slams out of four. He won the tournament at the end of the year. Won Masters tournaments.

He played very, very well in important moments. He knows how to handle the situation, especially in the semi-finals and finals. It’s good for him” – Yannik Grishnyk.

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The main records of Novak Djokovic

Born May 22, 1986 in Belgrade, Djokovic currently holds many tennis records, but the most important are the following three: most Grand Slam titles, most Masters (ATP 1000) and most weeks out of the ATP leaderboard.

1st place in the ATP at the end of the season

1 Novak Djokovic 8

2 Pete Sampras 6

3 Roger Federer / Jimmy Connors / Rafael Nadal 5 etc.

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 Novak Djokovic 24

2 Rafael Nadal 22

3 Roger Federer 20 (retired)

Ranking of Masters tournaments

1 Novak Djokovic 39

2 Rafael Nadal 36

3 Roger Federer 28 (retired)

Weeks under #1 ATP

1 Novak Djokovic 400

2 Roger Federer 301

3 Pete Sampras 286 etc.

Tournament of Champions, most titles

1 Novak Djokovic 7 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023)

2 Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

3 Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

3 Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

5 Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), etc.

• At the age of 36, Novak Djokovic has had a fantastic season, winning 3 out of 4 Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open).

• He also won tournaments: ATP Finals, Paris Masters, Cincinnati Masters and Adelaide 1. Tennis awards this season brought Nole (so far) $11,540,544.

• Nole will finish 2023 with 52 wins and only 5 losses.