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Feb/22

11

Facing Novak Djokovic Book Finished!

Finally finished Facing Novak Djokovic book last week! Started this three years ago with an interview with Paolo Lorenzi at Sarasota Open and concluded with Sander Groen’s memory of seeing 17 year old Novak winning the title at 2004 Aachen Challenger. Learned a lot about this misunderstood and misportrayed super champion such as several players […] Continue to read full article...

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Dec/21

28

Longest Woman’s Match In Roland Garros History

By Scoop Malinowski The longest Grand Slam men’s matches are well known… Isner vs Mahut, Gonzales vs Pasarell, Roddick vs El Aynaoui, Djokovic vs Nadal… but for some reason, the longest women’s Grand Slam matches don’t get the same positive attention. I just discovered that the longest match ever at Roland Garros happened in 1995, […] Continue to read full article...

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Dec/21

17

Djokovic Stamp In Serbia

By Scoop Malinowski The honors just keep rolling in for ATP world no. 1 and all time tennis king Novak Djokovic. This week Serbia announced a special stamp commemorating Novak Djokovic’s historic tennis career has been released. “An honor to receive my very own Serbian stamp. Thank you to my generous country for this rare […] Continue to read full article...

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There is a creature who is hunting the most prestigious prize in the history of tennis – a calendar year Grand Slam fourth title at the US Open and the all time record of 21 Grand Slam singles titles won. This man began his professional career in 2003 as a hunter. By 2011 he was […] Continue to read full article...

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Jun/21

9

Djokovic Survives Berrettini

Novak Djokovic has advanced to the dream semifinal clash of titans with the defending champion from Spain, after a brutally stressful, hard fought 62 63 67 75 win over Matteo Berrettini. Djokovic bungled a 5-3 lead in the third set tiebreaker with some uncharacteristic errors, most likely caused by the pressure of Berrettini’s relentless blasting […] Continue to read full article...

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When it comes to this year’s Championships at Wimbledon, it’s hard to look beyond Novak Djokovic for the title. Before the event’s cancellation last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Djokovic was beginning to establish his dominance on grass, winning the event in both 2018 and 2019. With the tournament set to return […] Continue to read full article...

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Jun/21

2

Facing Novak Djokovic

By Scoop Malinowski Novak Djokovic has played a higher level of tennis, above and beyond the great Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The Serbian marvel hasn’t lost to Federer in a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2012 and he leads their head to head 27-23. Djokovic also leads Nadal in head to head duels 29-28 and […] Continue to read full article...

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Mar/21

1

Djokovic Equals Federer’s 310 weeks as ATP World No. 1

No man has ever held the ATP world no. 1 ranking for 311 weeks but next week that monumental accomplishment will belong to Novak Djokovic. This week Djokovic has tied Roger Federer’s 310 weeks as no. 1 despite being six years younger. Federer was born in August 1981, Djokovic was born in May 1987. 33 […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/21

14

Djokovic vs. the media

Novak Djokovic has long been a victim of unfair media coverage compared to Federer, Nadal and Williams. After beating Raonic last night, Djokovic discussed his mercurial relations with the world media… “That’s like opening Pandora’s box. If we begin to discuss that, we won’t finish this evening. Presumably there are millions of different reasons.” “Truthfully, […] Continue to read full article...

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Feb/21

12

Djokovic Career Is At Stake

By Scoop Malinowski By all evidence it appears to my senses Novak Djokovic is playing as if his tennis life is on the line. He survived Taylor Fritz 76 64 36 46 62 to advance to the fourth round and Milos Raonic. I assert Djokovic is a wounded, bloodied champion, still suffering the trauma of […] Continue to read full article...

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