At 36, Novak Djokovic still dominates men’s tennis, although very talented youngsters continue to emerge on the ATP circuit. Days before the start of the Australian Open, Holger Roon talks about his desire to upset Nole on his way to an 11th major title in Melbourne.

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Holger Roon says Novak Djokovic’s dominance needs to be stopped somehow

The younger generation has continued to provide exciting and talented players in recent seasons, but none have really managed to disrupt the dominance of the ‘old’.

With Federer out of action and Nadal plagued by injuries (he’s also getting closer to retirement), Djokovic remains the only one to continue his dominance of the BIG 3 to date.

In Melbourne, Joker is the clear favorite to win the trophy, and his 10 previous wins are proof that the Serb is very difficult to beat the Australian.

Holger Rohn (20, ATP No. 8) talks ahead of the 2024 Australian Open about “stopping Djokovic’s dominance” in the majors.

Nole recently lost to the likes of Holger Run and Yannick Sinner, but things have changed dramatically at Grand Slams.

“We don’t have to hit it once, we have to hit it regularly,” Roon says.

The Dane recalls his and Yannick Sinner’s victories over the Serb and says that “Djokovic can be beaten.”

However, Joker still wins 3 out of 4 Grand Slams and came very close to winning Wimbledon. So, we’re not there yet. We have to do everything we can to get him out of there,” Holger Roon, according to express.co.uk.

“I have never beaten him in a Grand Slam, but nothing is impossible, but I am aware that it is very difficult.

He’s so comfortable in best-of-five Grand Slams that he has far more experience.

He knows that even when he’s 2-0 up in sets, he can still change the course of the match,” added Rooney.

In order to become a player at the top of the world rankings, especially in the Grand Slam tournaments, Holger Roon recently recruited Boris Becker (multi-time major champion and former coach of Novak Djokovic) and Severin Luthi to his team. , a technician who has worked with Roger Federer for 15 seasons.

Djokovic and Rooney have met 5 times on the ATP circuit so far, and the score is 3-2 in favor of the Serb.

Nole won the US Open (2021), the Paris Masters (2023) and the Champions Tour (2023). On the other hand, Rooney won the finals of the Paris Masters (2022) and the Rome Masters (2023).

Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open ten times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023.

Australian Open 2024 will be held from January 14 to 28 in Melbourne.

The main records of Novak Djokovic

Born May 22, 1987 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 407

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.