Novak Djokovic( Serbian: Новак Ђоковић or Novak Đoković ) ( PART 3 )

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2008


Novak won his first Grand Slam title – the Australian open, beating Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the finals and losing only one set throughout the whole tournament. After that success, he won another three big trophies – Masters tournaments in Indian Wells, Rome, and Shanghai (Masters Cup).
Novak also won the bronze medal for his country on the Olympic games held in Beijing.

2009
Year of great achievements – ten ATP finals and five titles: Dubai, Beijing, Basel, and Paris. However, Novak’s certainly most cherished title is the one he won in his hometown, Belgrade, where the first ever ATP tournament in Serbia was held.
Djokovic was runner-up in Cincinnati, Rome, Monte Carlo, Miami and Halle, but these tournaments contributed for Novak to finish this season as number 3 in the world, coming closer to No. 2 – bridge to dream comes true.

2010
He climbed to the number 2 spot in ATP rankings, defended the title from Dubai, won the tournament in Beijing and reached semi-finals of Wimbledon and finals of US Open.


The most memorable moment of the season and the turning point in Novak’s career was the group effort of Serbian national team to clench the Davis Cup trophy for Serbia for the first time in history. Novak, Viktor Troicki, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic, led by team captain Bogdan Obradovic, beat USA that year, as well as Croatia, Czech Republic and France, becoming the World champions. It was the greatest success of the Serbian team tennis in the history.
As a confirmation of Novak’s enduring and devoted work, as well as his undeniable talent, the year of 2011 arrived. It was just a matter of time when “the golden year” would happen.

2011
Novak Djokovic had an impressive winning streak – 43 matches won in a row. There is no active player in the world that managed to achieve such a run. In his best shape, Novak arrived to London, at Wimbledon.


There and then, in a span of just several days he fulfilled his childhood dreams. At the same time he lifted the Wimbledon trophy, and became the number one tennis player in the world,
“I still think this is all a dream” – Novak Djokovic at the magnificent reception in Belgrade, where 100.000 fans greeted him.
That year he had impressive score against top 10 players, won 5/6 Master Series finals, won most titles at Masters 1000 tournaments in one season (5), most consecutive wins at Masters tournaments (31).
After London, Novak stepped up even faster: he won Montreal, and then US open – his fourth Grand Slam trophy.

2012
Novak began this season in a convincing manner at Australian open, where he first prevalied over Andy Murray in a tough semi final match that lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes. Then he won against Rafael Nadal in the finals, in the encounter, which went on for six hours. It was the longest final match in the Grand Slam history (5 hours and 53 minutes).

Novak received the Sportsman of the Year Laureus Award – the most prestigious sports award voted by the Academy consisting of the biggest sport legends of all time.
The Republic of Serbia awarded him the top state honor in the country, “Karadjordjeva Star Medal”, for special merits and success in representing Serbia.
Novak won Miami without losing a set – he beat Murray in the finals. With this success he joined Agassi and Sampras as the only players who won this tournament for three or more times. Furthermore, it was his 30th title in career, and 11th Masters Series title.

Djokovic beats Nadal in epic US Open final(Novak Djokovic of Serbia speaks with Rafael Nadal of Spain after winning the US Open. Reuters)



“Just believe in your dreams. If you have dreams, don’t give up. Belief is the most common word to me, even more than hope. For one, to achieve his dreams, he needs to truly believe in them.”
- Novak Djokovic




More about Novak Djokovic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novak_Djokovic 😛

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