Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka feels Novak Djokovic will end up as the best of all time. Djokovic is regarded as one of the best players to have ever embraced the sport. The Serbian is a 22-time Grand Slam champion and has won a total of 93 ATP titles in his glittering career.
Djokovic made a resounding comeback as he won the Australian Open 2023 despite nursing a hamstring injury in the early stages of the tournament. However, Djokovic could not take part in the S-based tournaments because of his unvaccinated status.
Djokovic, 35, is still fit as a fiddle and there is no doubt that he has a lot of fuel left in his tank.
“If you look at the results and all the parameters, I think Novak will end up as the best of all time. I consider Novak a good friend. It was always a huge challenge to play against him. I won it in the Grand Slam finals, and those are some of my most beautiful memories,” Wawrinka said in Banja Luka.
Meanwhile, the Big 3 – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic – have dominated the game in the last two decades. Wawrinka showered praise on the trio but backed Djokovic to be the most successful among the three.
“They broke all the records between him, Rafa and Roger. They took everything and ate everything. These are the greatest players in the history of tennis. Let’s go on the GOAT, I have no problem saying things and saying what I think.
“It all depends on what one is looking for in this list, simply. Already I think it’s difficult to talk about athletes who are still playing. It’s always better to make a list when the players have stopped and finished their career.”
If we talk about pure results and pure victories, Novak will be ahead of the other two. I have been convinced of this for years and in my opinion this is what will happen. They have this chance and this bad luck to have been in the same generation and at the same time and they marked the history of tennis in a different way, the three,” Wawrinka said earlier in March.
Novak Djokovic will face Luca van Assche in his Banja Luka opener. Luca defeated Stan Wawrinka to set up a date with Djokovic.
