He won it all! Novak Đoković crushed Roger Federer in the finals of Western and Southern open (Cincinatty) - 6:4, 6:4. With this title, Serbian player becomes the first player in history to win all nine ATP Masters title - the Career golden masters!
Novak played a nearly perfect match, except that one game in the second set when he lost his serve, he controlled the tempo, played his style and the stat that says that Roger didn't lose a single service game since 2014. in this tournament says it all about the way Nole played.
And this creates a new/old debate. Where does Novak rank on the list of Greatest of all time (GOAT)? Đoković won all 4 Grand slams titles, now only one that owns all 9 on Masters. Has better score against all of the biggest rivals - Federer, Nadal, Murray, only missing that Olympic gold, but there's a chance in 2020. The only two things that Federer is currently better at is weeks on the no.1 spot, has 310 weeks, on Novak 223. And the number of total Grand slams - 20 vs 13.
But then again, with all due respect to Roger fans, a lot of those weeks were when Novak and Rafa were climbing the ladder. If you call Federer GOAT, how do you then call a guy who was the king in arguably the best tennis era in history with the "Big 4". Novak was on that first spot when all of them played great tennis, found a way to win against all of the biggest rivals.
Has his name written in history books, now the only question for Đoković remains can he win another GS title this season in New York (after winning Wimbledon). If he can, getting back on the top will be very very close.
What are your thoughts - where does he rank on that GOAT list?
All matches - Novak vs Roger - 24:22. Novak vs Nadal - 27:25, Novak vs Murray 25:11.
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