Who can beat Djokovic?

Can anybody defeat Novak Djokovic in 2020? Don’t be alarmed, the reply is sure. The actual thriller is figuring out when what’s going to occur immediately has transpired into the class of miracle. And is that the Serbian doesn’t know the defeat up to now, including a complete of 18 consecutive victories between ATP Cup, Australian Open and the ATP 500 in Dubai, the place final Friday he ratified the world number one, at the least, till the American Masters 1,000 American tour of Indian Wells (March 12-22) and Miami (March 25 to April 5).

However its streak of consecutive wins totals 21, making an allowance for his three victories within the Davis Cup final December. This means that Nole is in among the best moments of his sports activities profession, particularly when it comes to chained victories (See desk). Step by step, the Serbian approaches his 35 consecutive wins achieved between 2010 and 2011, second greatest model within the historical past of tennis. For now, the 56 wins of Roger Federer they appear distant, however every little thing is feasible with a devouring of information of the dimensions of the Serbian.

Greatest successful streaks

PLAYER Victories Tournaments
Roger Federer 56 Rotterdam 2005 to Dubai 2006
Novak Djokovic 35 Davis Cup 2010 to Cincinnati 2011
Rafael Nadal 30 Miami 2012 to Beijing 2013
Andy Murray 28 Davis Cup 2016 to Doha 2017
Andrey Rublev fifteen Davis Cup 2019 at Open Australia 2020
Juan Martin del Potro fifteen Acapulco 2018 to Miami 2018
Stan Wawrinka 13 Chennai 2014 to Indian Wells 2014

As well as, the magnitude of those 21 wins will not be one, since Belgrade has defeated 5 top-10 in the course of the streak: Monfils (10th), Medvedev (fifth), Nadal (2nd), Federer (third) and Thiem (fifth). If we evaluate its present state of kind with the 2011 marketing campaign, we see that it’s on observe to repeat that prolific begin of the season by which conquered seven consecutive titles: Australia, Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami, Belgrade, Madrid and Rome. It was Federer who had the privilege of slicing the streak within the semifinals of Roland Garros.

Apparently, the Swiss Categorical He was the final participant that Djokovic misplaced there for the month of November within the ATP Finals. However with the Swiss away from the tracks for a number of months because of his knee harm, it must be one other to take his witness. With Andy Murray additionally within the dry dock (he has gained Nole 11 occasions), there are solely left Nadal (26), Wawrinka (6) and Tsonga (6) as lively gamers who’ve gained Novak extra occasions. With fewer clashes, there are additionally two names to contemplate: Tsitsipas retains the stability tied with the Serbian (2-2), whereas Thiem has defeated him 4 occasions after eleven duels. Many inquiries to be resolved, however certainly one of them should step ahead in the event that they wish to finish the reign of Djoker …