If Djokovic wins this AO, he will hit double digits at the slams

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Look at the players who won 3 slams in a row at least: Laver, Sampras, Federer and Nadal. All 10+ slam winners. Djokovic might be heading that way. Maybe Laver knows what he is doing ranking Djokovic so high on his top 10 players list already. Winning Wimbledon, USO and then the AO all back to back will put him in great company.
 
Never thought of it like that, good point. It'd be interesting to see how far he can go, I'm not quite sure I feel him breaking double digits though.
 
Why not? Who will stop him? Federer is the only one who can do it but he is oldish now.
 
celoft said:
Why not? Who will stop him? Federer is the only one who can do it but he is oldish now.
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Yeah. I only see Del Potro as the most logical rival. But if it's not Delpo, Djoko could win slams for 2-3 yrs, after this, until he's in his prime. I think 12-14 slams is probably something that he could consider, if he's lucky.
 
I could see Djokovic winning around 12 slams. If no nemesis arises then Pete's 14 would not be that impossible.
 
difference is djoker won with murray, federer and nadal in peak form. federer got lucky with hewitt and roddick and agassi---all weak or injury-riddled.
 
Djokovic will definitely be a GOAT contender. He is so mentally strong.
 
As long as he remains healthy, he will be winning majors for the next several years.

The bigger story is whether and when, Murray will win his first. It seems as though Murray is going through the same lack of confidence issues Djoko faced back in 2009, when Novak was the most talented player on tour, but had all of the confidence of a computer geek asking a cheerleader to the prom.

Andy will eventually surpass Roger as the #3 player on tour, but I hope he can keep improving enough to challenge Nadal and Djoko on a regular basis in the slams.
 
This is not an unfair assessment. Fed had the fortune of emerging as a star when Sampras' star was fading.

Nadal in peak form has been having his way with Federer. And to be honest, it's not because Federer has faded. Roger is as good as he was back in 2009. He still wins in spectacular fashion, except when he faces "those two."

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difference is djoker won with murray, federer and nadal in peak form. federer got lucky with hewitt and roddick and agassi---all weak or injury-riddled.
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TennisFan3 said:
Yeah. I only see Del Potro as the most logical rival. But if it's not Delpo, Djoko could win slams for 2-3 yrs, after this, until he's in his prime. I think 12-14 slams is probably something that he could consider, if he's lucky.
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If Delpo continues to play as he did against Fed in the quarters he stands no chance whatsoever of being any type of threat to Cvac. His window is closing slowly,and unless he improves by leaps and bounds he ain't beating Cvac on the regular like he can beat Nadal. It's only a fantasy to suggest otherwise.

The truth is Cvac has no rival or anyone who can stop him,and that's why he will top Nadal's slam count and maybe even push for Roger's. If Fed and Nadal were still in their prime and playing like they used to Cvac would still be sitting on 1 slam.
 
celoft said:
Djokovic will definitely be a GOAT contender. He is so mentally strong.
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Have you seen the way he moves on hard courts? If his body lasts another 3 years I'll be very surprised.

Winning more than 10 slams is extremely rare and difficult. Having two current players achieve it is already flabbergasting enough. Novak might technically be the best player in history when he's feeling good, but longevity is hard to achieve.
 
Bendex said:
Have you seen the way he moves on hard courts? If his body lasts another 3 years I'll be very surprised.

Winning more than 10 slams is extremely rare and difficult. Having two current players achieve it is already flabbergasting enough. Novak might technically be the best player in history when he's feeling good, but longevity is hard to achieve.
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Unless the different surfaces are made more different from one another (grass made slicker, AO a little faster potentially), I think we'll keep seeing players who can have very very dominant runs where they rack up 2-3 slams in a year. With the margins between the top players so small these days, confidence is the main separator and if you win one slam it automatically gives you a pretty big advantage against your top rivals. And if you win a 2nd consecutive then you gain the aura of invincibility. In the past when the surfaces were more different it was harder for a player keep wining nonstop. I wouldn't be surprised if Djoker dominates this year and next (I'm not saying I think he will, just that I wouldn't be surprised) and then he has a lull giving another player an opportunity to build momentum for his own dominant run. Seems like the trend these days. Started with Roger where no one could slow him for a while.
 
Djokovic didn't play a great Australian Open for his standard (getting broken twice by Hewitt in one set) and being up 5-2 and losing the next 3 games to Murray and also being unable to close out the match when up 4-3 and 0-40 up on Nadal's serve in the 4th set.
Djokovic had many many chances to make things easier for himself but tends to lose a bit of focus at key moments and then tries double-hard to get the break back.
He needs to stay hungry and continue playing each match like it's a championship match. That's how he won his first 2 Slams. Same attitude needed if he wants to keep going forward and winning more. Instead of getting complacent in sets thinking he's in full control only for the opponent to be able to get back in the match.
 
As of right now there is no sign that Novak will not keep winning 3 or even 4 slams per year. He turns 25 this year, so good call by the OP. Both Novak and Nadal have at least 5 more years of play in them.
 
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