Novak Djokovic extends his prolific lead over Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as he overpowers Grigor Dimitrov to win the 2023 Paris Masters title

Novak Djokovic leaves Roger and Rafa far behind in the race for titles.

Novak Djokovic extends his prolific lead over Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as he overpowers Grigor Dimitrov to win the 2023 Paris Masters title

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic ( Credits: Sky Sports, NDTV Sports)

The 24-time Grand Slam Champion is adding more valid points and arguments in his favour in the very big ‘Goat’ ( Greatest of All Time) debate. Novak Djokovic won his 7th Paris Masters title and his 40th ATP Masters 1000 title overall, extending his title count much more than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in an easy and comfortable manner, overcoming the Bulgarian in straight sets, 6-4,6-3. he now has more titles than any other player in tennis. He has 40 ATP Masters 1000 titles to his name, while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have 36 and 28 respectively. He has left his long-time arch-rivals way behind in the race for titles.

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Novak Djokovic is looking more and more dominating and invincible with age. He recently won a record-breaking 24 Grand Slams winning the US Open earlier this year. He also managed to win multiple hard-court singles Masters titles in a single season for the 9th time in his career. The 8-time Wimbledon finalist, Roger Federer is the next best to do it, and has managed to achieve this feat 6 times in his career.

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The 2023 US Open Champion, Novak Djokovic has left his rivals way back in the race for overall titles. He is already ahead in the Grand Slam race, with 24 slams. Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are behind him, each with 22 and 20 slams respectively.

Have a look at the top ATP Masters 1000 title holders:

ATP Masters 1000 ? leaders (since 1990)
40 – Novak DJOKOVIC
36 – Rafael NADAL
28 – Roger Federer
17 – Andre Agassi
14 – Andy Murray
11- Pete Sampras
8 – Thomas Muster
7 – Michael Chang
6 – Daniil Medvedev

Novak Djokovic boosts his chances of ending the year as No.1

With the Serbian winning a record-breaking 7th Paris Masters title after defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the finals, he now has a higher chance of keeping his No.1 position intact. The poor performance by Carlos Alcaraz in the Asian leg and the remaining part of the season had aided in this cause as well.

Novak Djokovic ( Credits: Mint)

The all-time greatest tennis player debate now has to go in favour of Novak Djokovic, owing to his records, titles and achievements. He is only going on to prove that age is just a number as he is still reaching milestones at this stage of his career.

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