Published 11:39 IST, December 13th 2019

Novak Djokovic crowned as ATP's Top Player of the 2010s Decade

Novak Djokovic may have lost out to Rafael Nadal for the Word number 1 in the rankings, but the Serbian has been chosen as the best tennis player of the decade

Reported by: Akhil Nambiar
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vak Djokovic may have lost out to Rafael Nal in ATP rankings this season, but Serbian has been chosen as best tennis player of dece. Serbian surpassed or two members of Big 3 – Nal and Roger Federer for hour. Tennis.com hailed vak Djokovic as Men’s Player of Dece for being most outstanding and consistent player in 2010s. Rafael Nal and Roger Federer were placed second and third respectively.

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Stats show that 32-year-old Serb trails or two legends in terms of number of Grand Slams. He has 16 while Federer has 20 and Nal has 19. However, when last ten years are taken into consideration, Djokovic has won 15 of those majors in this period compared to Nal's 13 and Federer's 5.

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Tennis.com’s Steve Tigr said that people have been so obsessed with race for best that body ticed when Serbian surpassed his rivals over past ten years. bronze medalist of 2008 Olympics dominated his rivals 42-25 in masterful records. Djokovic also was .1 in five seasons as compared to Nal’s four while Federer has t been at top in this dece at all.

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Djokovic is also only player or than Rod Laver to have captured all four majors at same time after his win in French Open in 2016. He is also only men’s player to win all nine Masters 1000 tournaments. Djokovic has also won Australian Open an astonishing 7 times. list also includes likes of Andy Murray ranked at 4, Stan Wawrinka at 5, Marin Cilic at 6, David Ferrer at 7, Tomas Berdych at 8, Juan Martin Del Potro at 9 and Dominic Thiem in 10th position.

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11:39 IST, December 12th 2019