Novak Djokovic inches closer to Rafael Nadal in ‘this’ stunning list after reaching the Serbia Open final


Novak Djokovic inches closer to Rafael Nadal in ‘this’ stunning list after reaching the Serbia Open final

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic

Tennis is an everchanging sport and lots of records and events achieved and legends created in the process to be remembered. Since the clay season is going on, it is only natural that records and achievements that have been made will be remembered again on the clay court. It goes without saying that the ‘King of Cay’ Rafael Nadal will be present on the list as he has won the Roland Garros an impressive 13 times, a record for a male or female player.

It is no surprise that world no. 1 Novak Djokovic will also be on the list closely following Nadal and can also boast about the fact that he has beaten Nadal in his prime on the clay court. A tweet sent recently by a user lists the tennis players whose appearance in the finals of the clay-court matches with more seasons of difference had a lot of people commenting. On the list with the no. 1 position was Rafael Nadal with 17 seasons, followed by Nadal was Richard Gasquet with 16 seasons, and Novak Djokovic also with a difference of 16 seasons after his recent outing at the Serbia Open Final. In the third place, it is Jaime Fillol with 15 seasons.

Other prominent players include Andre Agassi and David Ferrer. It is impressive that 2 out of the big three are still in the game and are still fiercely competing against each other and have created more records and feats than any other player between the both of them.

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Comments for this tweet vary with one user commenting, “Nole a crack on clay, his game on clay goes unnoticed a bit for having the best archer in history by his side Nole the best on hard court Nole did not lose any of the 3 Finals he played at Wimbledon vs Federer. The most complete tennis player by far when you look at him”

Another user comments, “Well, Nadal is the only one to beat Federer in GS finals on all 3 surfaces and the only one to beat Djokovic 2 on hard, aside from RG. And beating each one in their prime on their best surface. Against Fed, he did not lose any final, but he did not win his prime either.”

Another one said, “Nadal and Ferrer remember those who have good records so that later they will not call great and Marca España who never appears in these statistical boxes.”

Looks like Nadal and Djokovic will always be compared against each other and will always be a legend.

What are Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic being up to?

Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal last won the Australian Open and created history by being the first man to win 21 Grand Slams, thereby beating Roger Federer. He then played the Mexican Open which took place in the month of February and beat Cameron Noorie to win his second consecutive title of the year. The Spaniard then compete in the Indian wells tournament and reached the finals and lost to Taylor fritz and suffered from an injury in the ribs which will take four weeks to heal. we know for a fact that the ‘King of Clay’ will return for the Madrid Open and possibly Rome but the Roland Garros is a sure thing he will be playing.

In striking contrast, Novak Djokovic has been having an absolutely dismal season so far, He started playing in the Dubai Tennis Championship only to lose to eventual runner-up Jiri Vesely in the quarter-finals; He lost in the round of 32 against Spaniard, Alexander Davidovich Fokina who also goes on to become the runner -up in the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Serbian’s saving grace is the Belgrade Open in which he has gone on to the finals to face Russian Andrey Rublev, which if he wins will be his first title of the year, which will be extra special considering the fact that it is his hometown.

We are excited to see what other achievements the two of them can earn and fans also can’t wait to see what will take place in the coming future.

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