"[41] Boris Becker called Djokovic's season "one of the very best years in tennis of all time," adding that it "may not be the best statistically, but he's beaten Federer, he's beaten Nadal, he's beaten everybody that came around to challenge him in the biggest tournaments in the world. Read about our approach to external linking. Total disaster.

Nadal leads the head-to-head 16-11 and 5-0 in Grand Slams, but Djokovic has won the last four in a row - all in finals. Simply to unify the players, have our voices heard & have an impact on decisions being made that (affect) our lives & livelihoods,” Pospisil wrote.

Djokovic dictated play for the most part in Sunday's final, his backhand especially impressive, and the rumours beforehand that the 23-year-old was struggling physically proved completely unfounded. But Djokovic let Federer gain control and Federer broke twice to take a four-games-to-two lead. The champion grabbed the initiative, powering through a 6-1 set of his own and threatening a real comeback with a thumping forehand that made it 30-40 at the start of the fourth.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and other members of the ATP Player Council spoke out Saturday against a plan put forth by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil to start a men’s-only union of sorts for tennis — bringing the sport’s politics into the spotlight just before the U.S. Open. It was his first Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title, having previously won the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open.. Dimitrov v Hewitt tomorrow, after Del "I stepped onto the court today believing I could win. Serbia lost the tie. [8][51], (W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. "I think I played probably my best match on the grass courts ever. The first set went to Nadal via two breaks of Djokovic's serve. Djokovic had won five of the past seven Grand Slam tournaments to raise his total to 17, closing in on rivals Roger Federer, who has a men’s record 20, and Rafael Nadal, who has 19. A break early in the fifth helped Djokovic clutch the silver Australian Open trophy he also won in 2008, 2011-13, 2015-16 and 2019. With another break of serve Djokovic won the match and reached his third Major final of the season. That record felt like ancient history as the Djokovic of 2011 overcame a slightly edgy start to take a stranglehold on the match. In the second set Federer capitalized on an early break to take a two sets lead. You can read more about our, Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts to winning his match with Milos Raonic, of Canada, during the finals of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in New York. He becomes the first Serbian man to win Wimbledon, his third Grand Slam title after two Australian Open victories.

Djokovic took the second set, but Nadal hit back in the third set. We are not forming parallel tours,” Djokovic said after winning the Western & Southern Open on Saturday, two days before play begins at the U.S. Open. "When you're playing the best player in the world, Rafael Nadal, who has won two out of the last three Wimbledons and he has always been winning the big matches against me in the Grand Slams, I had to be on the top of my game, I had to play my best.
Federer got two match points, but Djokovic was able to save them and break back.
Djokovic won ten tournaments, three of them Grand Slam events: the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and the US Open. Djokovic also took the second set.