But Djokovic now has a chance to make his own run after winning the Australian Open and the French Open this year. When Wimbledon began in 2016, Djokovic had won four straight majors, although not in the same calendar year, and had just won the French Open for the first time. As this year’s French Open proved once more, Djokovic is adept at using off-court breaks to change the flow of a match. Djokovic then went into a tailspin from which he did not emerge until the spring of 2018. Image Djokovic after he defeated Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2019. Credit... Nic Bothma/EPA, via ShutterstockTennis remains a game of momentum.
Source: International New York Times June 15, 2021 03:56 UTC