Wimbledon win proves Djokovic's class
With the dust now well and truly settled on the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic having upset the tennis odds in style to lift his first Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam of the season, it seems like the ideal time to look back and assess the crucial factors that, when combined, allowed the ever-improving Serb to overpower and out-think Rafael Nadal, a master on grass.
The final at Wimbledon was the 48th match the player had taken part in since the start of the year. Impressively, he has only lost one of those matches. With the player also having beaten Rafal Nadal almost a handful of times this season prior to their meeting at SW19, it didn't require too much of a stretch of imagination to believe fate was on his side on a beautiful day in South London. An easy opponent, though, is not a term applied easily to the Spaniard, who never gives up on a point or a game, even when it seems like he's down and out.
Taking this into account, it came as a slight shock that Nadal, who had the extra motivation of defending his Wimbledon title, looked so ordinary throughout the first two sets of the match. The slightly excessive fitness regime that the player put himself through after a disappointing couple of results last season has clearly reaped benefits, with the now lean and wiry Djokovic seeming to find it very easy to chase every single ball Nadal hit over the net.
Djokovic's athleticism across the full range of the court and his ability to keep running and running when the majority of other players would have had to stop exhausted is certainly one reason for his success, but his sharp and accurate hitting was also a cause explaining his victory, with the quality of his shots enough at times to make the observing crowd gasp in admiration.
That level of physical prowess is certainly a factor in Djokovic's success, but it is perhaps the confidence and self-belief that he is exuding right now that makes him such a weapon to fear. After winning the Davis Cup tournament last year for his country in front of a fiercely patriotic crowd and then following that with a shock win at the Australian Open, he clearly feels that nobody on the men's tennis scene at the moment is strong enough to get past him, and in that he may well just be right.
The final at Wimbledon was the 48th match the player had taken part in since the start of the year. Impressively, he has only lost one of those matches. With the player also having beaten Rafal Nadal almost a handful of times this season prior to their meeting at SW19, it didn't require too much of a stretch of imagination to believe fate was on his side on a beautiful day in South London. An easy opponent, though, is not a term applied easily to the Spaniard, who never gives up on a point or a game, even when it seems like he's down and out.
Taking this into account, it came as a slight shock that Nadal, who had the extra motivation of defending his Wimbledon title, looked so ordinary throughout the first two sets of the match. The slightly excessive fitness regime that the player put himself through after a disappointing couple of results last season has clearly reaped benefits, with the now lean and wiry Djokovic seeming to find it very easy to chase every single ball Nadal hit over the net.
Djokovic's athleticism across the full range of the court and his ability to keep running and running when the majority of other players would have had to stop exhausted is certainly one reason for his success, but his sharp and accurate hitting was also a cause explaining his victory, with the quality of his shots enough at times to make the observing crowd gasp in admiration.
That level of physical prowess is certainly a factor in Djokovic's success, but it is perhaps the confidence and self-belief that he is exuding right now that makes him such a weapon to fear. After winning the Davis Cup tournament last year for his country in front of a fiercely patriotic crowd and then following that with a shock win at the Australian Open, he clearly feels that nobody on the men's tennis scene at the moment is strong enough to get past him, and in that he may well just be right.
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