Novak Djokovic names the World Tennis League as his most joyful moment after a troublesome season

Serbian World No.5 Novak Djokovic‘s world tennis league moments are already making rounds around the tennis world. In a recent interview, the Serbian himself admitted that this tournament is the most joyful one he ever had. The troublesome year he had in terms of covid vaccine mandates must have taken its part in forming this opinion for Djokovic.

As quoted by him, “It’s probably the most fun three or four days I’ve had in a row. I’ve had a long career, but I’ve never had so much fun. Playing good tennis against the best players in the world and having fun, having the best players on the court, sharing the bench with them, saying bad things all the time, it’s so much fun“

Djokovic was representing Team Falcons in the tournament. They were finished at the bottom of the table whereas the Hawks defeated the Kites in the finals on December 24th. Novak Djokovic had earlier withdrawn from his singles match against Nick Kyrgios due to not being fully fit after losing to Alexander Zverev in his first singles match.

The Serbian made sure that he is available to play his last singles match of the tournament against Kites’ Sebastian Ofner. Felix Auger Aliassime was supposed to be representing Kites but due to a last-minute illness, 26-year-old Austrian Sebastian Ofner had to take up the duty against the former world No.1. Djokovic got his only win of the tournament against him -6-7(5-7),6-0,10-7. (Source: We love Tennis, translated via Google)

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Novak Djokovic’s troublesome start of the season was incredible towards the end

Serbian World No.5 Novak Djokovic has won almost everything where he got a chance this year. After missing most of the tournaments, including 2 majors, he is still inside the top 5 despite getting no points on winning Wimbledon. This in short proves how effective he has been in the tournaments he got a chance to play this year.

Including the triumph in Wimbledon, Djokovic jointly owns the record for the most ATP titles won with Carlos Alcaraz in 2022(5). With the ATP finals title, Djokovic became the first player since Roger Federer in 2010 to win at least one title each of each level in the same calendar season. The Serbian won 5 titles this season: 1 ATP250,1 ATP500,1 ATP1000, 1 ATP Finals, and 1 Grand Slam.

Djokovic also increases the ‘Big Titles’ count to 65 this year- the highest ever in history. The closest competitor is Rafael Nadal with 59. (For the uninitiated, ‘Big titles’ include the titles won in Grand Slam championships, ATP Finals, ATP Masters 1000 tournament, and an Olympic singles gold medal)

By ending the year as number 5 in the rankings, Novak Djokovic has finished the year inside Top-5 for the 15th time (1 behind All-time record held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal with 16 Top-5 year finishes). With a bunch of records broken despite not playing a number of tournaments this year, a rejuvenated Djokovic will try to break more in 2023. The green signal to play Australian Open will be a huge boost for him as well.

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