The Serbian tennis player has become the fifth player in history with 1000+ career successes at the professional level.
Novak Djokovic set a unique victory. The Serbian tennis player entered the club of select athletes, becoming only the fifth player in history to achieve a thousand or more victories.
This happened in a successful contest for the first racket in Rome. Djokovic earned the top prize and his semi-final and final victories were 1,000 and 1,001 respectively at the professional level.
Prior to him, Rafael Nadal (1051 wins), Ivan Lendl (1068 wins), Roger Federer (1251 wins) and Jimmy Connors (1274 wins) scored identically, reports ATP account on Twitter.
“I’ve seen Roger and Rafa celebrate these achievements over the past few years and I’m hoping to achieve that 1000 on my own.
I was very, very happy and honored to win so many masters. It’s also been a long time since I won my first fight. Hopefully it will continue and many more successes to come, “Djokovic commented on the success.
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Source: korrespondent
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