Everything over for Nadal: even one of the few records left standing was destroyed in the last tournament
For the past two decades, when we talk about tennis, the thoughts of course turn to the three who have made, and some are still making, the history of the sport.
Federer, who has retired, Nadal who is still trying to play a few matches, and Djokovic who gave himself the Olympics last summer, the last tournament he was missing, are the ones who have breathed new life into the sport. They are the ones who, through their challenges, have brought exciting moments to all fans. But they allowed, above all, those who chewed tennis little, to fall in love with the racket. The spectacle was always beyond the limit. Beyond imagination. Having said that, and we believe that no one can disprove us, among the three bigs Nole, the Serbian, is still the one who manages, despite the uncoolness of the ID card, to break records.
Everything over for Nadal, last record falls
In the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000, Djokovic did not give a chance to Italian Flavio Cobolli, who was practically destroyed by the quality of the Serbian tennis player: a 6-1, 6-2, that of room for comment left none. Well, at the end of this match, OptaAce, published a resounding statistic.
82.02 – Since the format’s inception in 1990, Novak Djokovic (82.02%, 406-89) has surpassed Rafael Nadal (82.00%, 410-90) for the highest winning percentage of any player at ATP Masters 1000 events – minimum 10 matches. Goat.RolexShanghaiMasters | @SH_RolexMasters @atptour pic. twitter.com/tfaEBugPzo
– OptaAce (@OptaAce) October 8, 2024
Thanks to the win against the Italian, Nole surpassed Nadal (82.02%, 406-89) to become the player with the highest winning percentage in Masters 1000s (with a minimum of 10 matches). Yes, it was perhaps the last record Nadal had failed to take. Perhaps he also knew it and decided to keep playing in this season that beyond Olympic joy has seen him feature many injuries, to continue to amaze. A real cannibal, Djokovic, who is not exactly liked by everyone because of certain attitudes, under certain circumstances, that do not make him look good. But if we look at tennis, and only exclusively at that, then we can only say one thing: like him, perhaps, there has never been anyone.