The previous Croatian tennis star has given his verdict on tennis’s final participant.
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Ivan Ljubicic admits Novak Djokovic was his “hardest” opponent to face however believes Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had extra of an influence on tennis. The previous coach was fast to shrug off the query of who the best was within the sport, making arguments for all three to be topped the highest canine.
Throughout 20 years, the Massive Three dominated tennis with a fierceness that many could not contact. Their closest rival, Andy Murray, may solely win three Grand Slam titles towards the trio. Djokovic, Federer and Nadal gained a mixed 66 titles, together with 18 Australian Opens, 18 French Opens, 17 Wimbledon crowns and 13 US Open trophies. Ljubicic mentioned his clashes with the trio on the ‘Off Court docket with Greg’ podcast and was fast to reward Djokovic.
He mentioned: “When Novak was on, it was perhaps probably the most troublesome for me, as a result of me having an enormous serve and relying [on] loads of free factors with my serve… I imply with him, it was simply not potential.”
Highlighting Federer’s unpredictable nature, Ljubicic added: “Towards Roger, was sophisticated, as a result of he would all the time do one thing completely different. I bear in mind I performed him like 4 occasions in three months to start with of 2005. It was all the time a unique match. I believed after shedding to him, Okay, now I do know what I must do.”
“However… what’s the GOAT? If we go by the outcomes, clearly Novak is the one who gained probably the most. However the influence on the sport I really feel like Roger positively had, no less than for me, was great and nonetheless is.”
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