For Novak Djokovic, Another Well

At Wimbledon, he won his sixteenth Grand Slam, defending his title to win the tournament for a fifth time by defeating Roger Federer in an epic five set final that lasted four hours and fifty seven minutes, the longest in Wimbledon history. Djokovic saved two championship points in the fifth pasang en route to winning the title and the match also marked the first time a fifth set tiebreak was played in the men's singles of Wimbledon at 12 games all.

Djokovic's next tournament was the Rogers Cup in Montreal, and he defeated No. 3 Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Nadal in the semi-finals, and No. 1 Federer in the final. This was the first time a player had defeated the utama three ranked players in one tournament since Boris Becker in 1994. Djokovic was also only the second player, after Tomáš Berdych, to have defeated both Federer and Nadal since they became the top two players in the world. After this tournament, Björn Borg stated that Djokovic "is definitely a contender to win a Grand Slam. " The following week at the Cincinnati Masters, Djokovic lost in the second round to Moyà in straight sets. Nevertheless, he went on to reach the final of the US Open, where he had five set points in the first pasang and two in the second set, but lost them all before losing the match in straight sets to the top-seeded Federer.
Although Federer was riding a streak of 100 consecutive holds of serve at the tournament, Djokovic went on to break his serve three times and win his first Cincinnati Masters title convincingly in straight sets. With this victory, Djokovic became the first player in tennis history to complete the career Golden Mastersâ€"a feat achieved by winning all nine ATP Masters 1000 events at least once in one's career.
The two met again in another Grand Slam final in 2015, this time at the 2015 US Open, where Djokovic defeated Federer in four tight sets to claim his second US Open title and tenth Grand Slam. After a triumphant grass season, Djokovic started his North American hardcourt swing with a third round showing at the Rogers Cup, losing against eventual runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in a 2-hour, 16-minute three-setter. Afterwards, he returned to play the Cincinnati Masters for the first time in three years.
The two had three encounters at the Australian Saksama, which Federer won in straight sets in 2007 and Djokovic won in straight sets in the other two. The two have met five years in a row at the US Open with Federer triumphant in their first three encounters, while their last two meetings were five-set matches in which Djokovic saved two match points before going on to win. Djokovic won the 2012 ATP World Tour Finals by defeating Federer in straight sets in the pucuk. The two met again during the finals of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships with Djokovic emerging victorious after a five-set match and with the victory reclaiming the No. 1 ranking from Nadal. Federer withdrew from the 2014 ATP World Tour kesimpulan and Djokovic successfully defended his title, the first walkover in a kesimpulan in the tournament's 45-year history.
Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have met 24 times with Djokovic leading 18â€"6. Their first meeting was in the pucuk of the 2008 Australian Open; Djokovic and Tsonga had defeated the utama two players, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in their respective semi-finals in straight sets.
Djokovic won this match in 4 sets to win his first Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic made history after defeating Milos Raonic in the final to win his second Cincinnati Masters title.
In an event plagued by suspended play due to rain, Djokovic defeated defending champion Grigor Dimitrov in the third round and Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals back to back in three sets. Djokovic went on to defeat Marin Cilic in the semifinals in a fourth consecutive three set match, setting up his sixth appearance at the finals of the tournament and fourth pucuk against seven-time champion Roger Federer.
The United States Tennis Association docked Djokovic all ranking points he would have earned at the tournament and fined him the prize money that he would have won had the incident not occurred. On 21 September, Djokovic moved past Pete Sampras for the 2nd highest number of weeks spent as the ATP number 1 ranked player.
By doing so, he won his 35th Masters 1000 title, equaling Rafael Nadal’s record of most ATP Masters 1000 titles and completing his second Career Golden Masters. By achieving this feat, Djokovic became the first person in tennis history to complete multiple masters sets. In the fourth round of the US Open, Djokovic was defaulted after accidentally hitting a line official in the throat with a tennis ball during his match against Pablo Carreño Busta.