I will start my blog with some sports personalities who inspired me (as I am more familiar with sports achievements). When I decided to write about a tennis star, I had to make a difficult choice of choosing between my favourite player Federer, his greatest nemesis Nadal or the gritty Djokovic. Finally I decided to write about Novak for reasons mentioned below.
All of us know that there is a huge difference between the top four and the rest in ATP tennis circuits for more than half a decade. Though Djokovic and Murray are constant presences in all the big championships, but they were no way in contention to Federer and Nadal. Federer and Nadal dominated the Tennis circuits for more than 5 years while Djokovic has to wait for his turn of glory (except for his first Australian Open in 2009). Djokovic despite repeated failure to dominate slams did not lose his confidence. He always believed he can beat the ethereal Federer and the incredible Nadal. Finally with slight modifications to his diet and consistent hard work Djokovic 2.0 emerged and replaced Fedal rivalry with Djokovic-Nadal rivalry. His amazing run in 2011 (I don't remember the figures to substantiate my claim, but I guess google 'Novak 2011' will throw ample evidence for my claim) has seen him claim 3 grand slams (+ Oz Open 2012) and climb to number 1 ranking in the world.
I admire his belief that he can dominate the world despite being sidelined for nearly half a decade due to Fedal dominance. He could have given up like Roddick (my personal opinion), but instead he reinvented his game forcing Tennis's big two to expand to big three. His persistence and belief that he can win is something that I find truly inspiring.
All of us know that there is a huge difference between the top four and the rest in ATP tennis circuits for more than half a decade. Though Djokovic and Murray are constant presences in all the big championships, but they were no way in contention to Federer and Nadal. Federer and Nadal dominated the Tennis circuits for more than 5 years while Djokovic has to wait for his turn of glory (except for his first Australian Open in 2009). Djokovic despite repeated failure to dominate slams did not lose his confidence. He always believed he can beat the ethereal Federer and the incredible Nadal. Finally with slight modifications to his diet and consistent hard work Djokovic 2.0 emerged and replaced Fedal rivalry with Djokovic-Nadal rivalry. His amazing run in 2011 (I don't remember the figures to substantiate my claim, but I guess google 'Novak 2011' will throw ample evidence for my claim) has seen him claim 3 grand slams (+ Oz Open 2012) and climb to number 1 ranking in the world.
I admire his belief that he can dominate the world despite being sidelined for nearly half a decade due to Fedal dominance. He could have given up like Roddick (my personal opinion), but instead he reinvented his game forcing Tennis's big two to expand to big three. His persistence and belief that he can win is something that I find truly inspiring.