kangaroo1973
Semi-Pro
How did Djokovic become so good in 2011?
Once upon a time a certain , talented guy from some ****hole in Balkans came on a tour and immediately caught everyone s eye. In 2007, he beat peak Fedex in Montreal and won his second masters title. Just few months later he would win AO after beating red hot Tsonga who few days prior had obliterated Nadal. In the very same year Djokovic would win IW and ATP finals.
In 2009, he played few clay court classics , every time losing to Rafa, with the Madrid masters being most notable and famous, unfortunately for him, his slam results were not particularly bad, but one could have expected more from then world no.3 IIRC.
In 2010, he did pretty well at slams, especially Wimby and USO, reaching semis at the former and finishing runner up to peak Rafa in a decent match at the latter. However his consistency continued to deteroriate and had some bad losses. To Birdman( is it a bad loss though) , Ljubicic at IW and his serve was in a bad shape. He finished the year as a world no.3 , if I am not mistaken.
Some people thought, we d seen the best of him and Novaxx would be a great player for the rest of his career, but unable to hold a candle to two great titans of the game.
Then 2011 came, one of the best seasons in history of our sport. 41 wins in a row, snatching IW, Dubai, AO, Madrid, Roma and Miami until he was finally stopped by red hot Fed.
That season, this man won 10 titles and finished deservedly as an undisputed world no.1
But, how on earth did he do that?
How did he transform from a great player to almost unbeatable one.
PS i still rank his 2015 season higher due to consistency
Once upon a time a certain , talented guy from some ****hole in Balkans came on a tour and immediately caught everyone s eye. In 2007, he beat peak Fedex in Montreal and won his second masters title. Just few months later he would win AO after beating red hot Tsonga who few days prior had obliterated Nadal. In the very same year Djokovic would win IW and ATP finals.
In 2009, he played few clay court classics , every time losing to Rafa, with the Madrid masters being most notable and famous, unfortunately for him, his slam results were not particularly bad, but one could have expected more from then world no.3 IIRC.
In 2010, he did pretty well at slams, especially Wimby and USO, reaching semis at the former and finishing runner up to peak Rafa in a decent match at the latter. However his consistency continued to deteroriate and had some bad losses. To Birdman( is it a bad loss though) , Ljubicic at IW and his serve was in a bad shape. He finished the year as a world no.3 , if I am not mistaken.
Some people thought, we d seen the best of him and Novaxx would be a great player for the rest of his career, but unable to hold a candle to two great titans of the game.
Then 2011 came, one of the best seasons in history of our sport. 41 wins in a row, snatching IW, Dubai, AO, Madrid, Roma and Miami until he was finally stopped by red hot Fed.
That season, this man won 10 titles and finished deservedly as an undisputed world no.1
But, how on earth did he do that?
How did he transform from a great player to almost unbeatable one.
PS i still rank his 2015 season higher due to consistency