Novak Djokovic admits that Pete Sampras is his role model : Novak Djokovic was proud after he secured first place in the world rankings at the end of a tennis year on Saturday for the seventh time in his career. In doing so, he improved pete Sampras’ record.
“I’m proud and very happy,” said Djokovic after the scoop, which he won by winning in the semi-finals of the Masters tournament in Paris against the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (3-6, 6-0 and 7-6 (5)). “It’s always my big goal to be in first place at the end of the season.”
“It’s crazy to do it for the seventh time and catch up with my childhood hero and role model Sampras. I am incredibly grateful and blessed to be in this position. And what a way to achieve that, in such an exciting game.”
Djokovic had to go deep to deal with Hurkacz. He lost the first set to the Pole, but regrouped and won the second set without giving up a single game. The third and deciding set turned into a tiebreak, which Djokovic won with great pain and difficulty.
In 2011, Djokovic finished the year as the number one in the world rankings for the first time. He then did so in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2020. Sampras was the world number one from 1993 to 1998 at the end of the year.
The record for Djokovic follows in the year in which he also equaled the record number of Grand Slam titles. After his victory at Wimbledon, the Serb is on twenty major titles, as many as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. On Sunday, he will play the final of the Masters tournament in Paris against Daniil Medvedev, who in September in us open final Djokovic still held off a historic 21st Grand Slam title.
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