Roger Federer\u2019s former coach Ivan Ljubicic has made a telling comment about Novak Djokovic\u2019s remarkable longevity.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a>, who turned 38 in May, is ranked seventh in the world and remains a force at the top of the sport.<\/p>\n The Serbian was a semi-finalist at the three Grand Slams played so far this season and he will arguably be the third favourite at the US Open after Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic beat Alcaraz<\/a> at the Australian Open in January and Alexander Zverev at the French Open in June.<\/p>\n While Djokovic has not found the same consistency outside the majors in 2025, he won his 100th ATP singles title in Geneva in May and was a runner-up at the Miami Masters in March.<\/p>\n In 2024, Djokovic claimed his maiden gold medal at the Paris Olympics and was a runner-up at Wimbledon \u2014 both after turning 37. He won his 24th and most recent Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open, when he was 36.<\/p>\n On Twitter, tennis writer Christopher Clarey pointed out that Djokovic is nine years older than any other player in the top 20 of the ATP Rankings. The next-youngest player in the current top 20 is 29-year-old Karen Khachanov.<\/p>\n In reply to Clarey\u2019s post, Ljubicic argued Djokovic\u2019s level in his late thirties will not be replicated by other players.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce he retires, we will go back to normality, where humans will not be able to be competitive at highest level after certain age,\u201d wrote Ljubicic.<\/p>\n Goran Ivanisevic\u2019s prediction about Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in 2019 that came true<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s current hard-court run compared with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic\u2019s best streaks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Ljubicic coached Djokovic\u2019s great rival Federer from 2016 until his retirement in 2022, helping the Swiss legend win three of his 20 Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n The Croatian won 10 ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high ranking of world No 3 during an illustrious playing career spanning from 1998 to 2012. Ljubicic faced Djokovic nine times, with the Serbian winning seven of their meetings.<\/p>\n In 2023, Ljubicic gave his opinion on whether Djokovic is the greatest player of all time.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Novak is already the most successful. But the terminology \u2018greatest\u2019 is ungrateful and subjective,\u201d he told Sport Klub.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s great \u2013 everyone has their greatest, and let the debate begin. If we look at other sports, is there a GOAT in football\u2026 In basketball, [Michael] Jordan is the GOAT, but he didn\u2019t win the most.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s someone who touched you the most \u2013 for a third of the world it\u2019s Federer, for a third of the world it\u2019s Nadal, for a third of the world, for a third it\u2019s Novak.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: How Novak Djokovic fared at the US Open the previous times he missed Cincinnati<\/a> The post Roger Federer\u2019s ex-coach argues Novak Djokovic\u2019s longevity will not be replicated<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roger Federer\u2019s former coach Ivan Ljubicic has made a telling comment about Novak Djokovic\u2019s remarkable longevity. Djokovic, who turned 38 in May, is ranked seventh in the world and remains a force at the top of the sport. The Serbian was a semi-finalist at the three Grand Slams played so far this season and he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Novak Djokovic News<\/h2>\n
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