Amid all the hype surrounding Serena Williams’ quest for the Grand Slam, it may be easy to overlook the year that Novak Djokovic is having.
Having already won the Australian Open and Wimbledon, the No. 1 men’s player in the world could win his third major title of the year at the US Open and the 10th of his still ascendant career.
The 28-year-old Serb is 61-5 in 2015 and is more than 5,000 points ahead of No. 2 Roger Federer in the ATP rankings.
“He’s arguably top five, top six all-time greats right now, approaching guys that you would’ve thought had a place reserved for themselves,” seven-time Grand Slam winner John McEnroe said on ESPN. “If he can keep this level up for the next couple years and he doesn’t get injured, you would expect…that he could get three, four, five more majors for sure.”
Still, for all his success, Djokovic hasn’t done as well in Flushing Meadows as he would have liked.
The Joker is 1-4 in US Open finals (his lone title coming in 2011), and fell in the semifinals a year ago to runner-up Kei Nishikori.
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