Norway World No.4 Casper Ruud Serbian speaks highly of World No.8 Novak Djokovic Adopting the American old world No.1 Andy Roddick. Roddick recently admitted that Serb is currently the best player. carlos alcaraz to be the 1st place player in the ranking. The Norwegian player agreed, stating that Novak Djokovic is the best player on indoor hard courts.
Ruud started by saying how great a player Novak Djokovic is on indoor hard courts, even though he says Alcaraz is #1 in the standings,”Maybe as I said earlier in the day, don’t be offended by Carlos because he’s #1 and will finish the year #1, but if we had to pick one on the indoor hard court, depending on your life, choose“
Ruud went on to explain what he thought of the Serbian player’s outstanding performance against Russia No. Andrey Rublev in his previous match,I watched a bit against Rublev. It was yesterday. It looked like it played (extraordinary). I mean, he seems to be in a great place, both physically and mentally.“
He then described how he had watched Djokovic from his early days, “I remember watching tennis on TV when I was younger, it was those crazy years of it. I especially remember in 2011 (when) he was going to earn this much. I believe he made it to the finals and he was a little worn out and surprisingly (surprisingly) lost a bit and didn’t make it.
I think he’s more ready for this event now that he hasn’t played much this year. I think it’s just one of the nine or 10 events he’s played this year. I’m sure it’s ready. Looks fresh, yeah, mentally and physically like I said“.
He also touched on how Holger Rune was able to beat Djokovic in the Paris Masters final recently, “You just have to give him credit (credit). Looks like he’s playing well, in Paris, he showed that he’s human too, lost in the final, a little surprising(surprising) for a younger but also great player.“
When asked how great their chances are against Djokovic if they meet here in the final, he said:Seems to be playing great. I hope I can play it. That means we both reached the final. I guess I’ll have to find something I haven’t been able to do yet to stand a chance against him.“. (Source: Express Daily)
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Novak Djokovic’s record against the Next Generation
Born in the 1980s, Novak Djokovic now struggles with the 2000s generation, in addition to the 1990s generation. Him and the Spanish World No.2 rafael nadal He has consistently shown the world of tennis how to deal with faster young players who are currently in their best form. But even more interestingly, the question is, how much longer will they be able to go on?
Djokovic has a record of wins against most players born in the 1990s outside of the Australian Powerhouse (at least 2 matches played against each other) Nick Kirgios (1-2) and 29 years old Czech Jiri Vesely (0-2). They are leading 10-2 against Stefanos Tsitsipas, 24, and 3-0 against Stefanos Tsitsipas, 23. Casper Ruud8-4 against the 26-year-old player Danil Medvedev7-5 against 25-year-old Alexander Zverev and 29-year-old player Dominic Thiem.
The 2000-born player has a record losing against Carlos Alcaraz, 19 years old (0-1), while he drew 1-1 against Felix Auger Aliassime, 22, and Holger Rune, 19 years old. . He defeated 21-year-old Jannik Sinner twice and once. He also has a 3-0 record against the promising 20-year-old Lorenzo Musetti.
2023 promises to be a war between three generations of tennis, and the tennis world has been waiting for it.
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