Novak Djokovic on 跡をつける to be the greatest of all time as he の近くにs in on Roger Federer's Grand 激突する 運ぶ／漁獲高

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It was 1am on Monday morning when Novak Djokovic took to the 行う／開催する／段階 at London's Guildhall to receive polite acclaim from All England Club members at the 支持する／優勝者s' Dinner.

Evidently tired, if 一時的に refreshed, the husky 発言する／表明する of the now five-times Wimbledon 勝利者 was just about strong enough to sound an ominous 警告 of what more he has in 蓄える／店.

必然的に he was asked about what has become the 広大な／多数の／重要な race of men's tennis, to see who will retire with the most Grand 激突する 肩書を与えるs. The numbers are racking up やめる neatly now: Djokovic 16, Rafael Nadal 18 and Roger Federer 20.

Novak Djokovic won another Wimbledon 肩書を与える on Sunday, taking his Grand 激突する total to 16

Djokovic is now の近くにing in on Roger Federer's Grand 激突する total of 20, and could より勝る him

'I am 32 now, though I don't really look at age,' he said. 'It's just a number, like Roger said. I think I have a few more years left in my 脚s.'

The suggestion was made that he must be 目的（とする）ing to 結局最後にはーなる as the greatest of all: 'In a 事柄 of words, yes,' he replied. 'If everything goes the 権利 way, if I manage to balance things out in my 私的な life, because I'm a tennis player 明白に but firstly I'm a father and a husband. And as long as I have the support of the closest people in my life, I am able to 栄える.'

It is a 見解（をとる） 株d by his coach Marian Vajda, a low 重要な but hugely 重要な 人物／姿／数字 in his life, whose reinstatement 同時に起こる／一致するd with the 最新の career 殺到する which sees him breathing 負かす／撃墜する his 競争相手s' necks.

'絶対, now the difference is much smaller,' Vajda told Serbia's Sports Klub. ' However, four 肩書を与えるs in the 激突するs, it's 平易な to say but difficult to 達成する. Still, with 16 it looks better. Novak has put this challenge to himself. He remains ready, he is 肉体的に very good, mentally also.'

Djokovic is やめる a bit younger than Federer and is 推定する／予想するd to go on and 勝利，勝つ more 激突するs?

How 堅い between the ears he showed in Sunday's tiebreaks, when he 簡単に stopped making unforced errors, while Federer started spraying them around.

It was all to the 抱擁する 失望 of the Centre 法廷，裁判所, which still struggles to take the 32 year-old セルビア人 to their hearts.

His former coach Boris Becker believes it is time that more love was to shown to Djokovic: 'You could tell the （人が）群がる didn't celebrate at the end, they were more in a 明言する／公表する of shock that Roger had not won,' he told Sportsmail.

'He is one of the best players of all time and people should give him more credit. Roger is probably the most popular sportsman in the world and I understand that, but it doesn't mean they have to be against the other guy. There is enough space to love Rafa and Roger and still give Novak the 尊敬（する）・点 and credit he is 予定.'

There are shades in this of how another East European baseliner, Ivan Lendl, used to be 見解（をとる）d. Only when he 中止するd to be a 脅し did he become more popular.

Djokovic's former coach Boris Becker is 納得させるd that he should be 扱う／治療するd with more 尊敬（する）・点

Djokovic also 労働s with the fact that he was the man who 否定するd Andy Murray so often - something that, ironically, Lendl 最終的に helped 直す／買収する，八百長をする.

Either way, we can 推定する／予想する to see the セルビア人 解除するing more トロフィーs in 未来.

There are some obvious 推論する／理由s for this besides his sheer brilliance and the fact that the 現れるing 挑戦者s continue to disappoint. Some are in いっそう少なく plain sight.

One is the homogenisation of the game's different surfaces to slow-medium pace, which 控訴s his game; another is the continuing 政策 of having 32 seeds at Grand 激突するs, helping 絶縁する the 最高の，を越す players.

And 妨げるing the 開発 of the next 世代 is the 廃止 of five 始める，決める matches from every other form of tennis, now that the Davis Cup 判型 has been changed. It takes longer for the best young players to get experience of them.

If he can stay healthy, Djokovic has everything he needs to become the greatest of all time

How long can they all go on for? Many will be surprised by the 量 of running done in a long five 始める，決める match. 公式の／役人 人物／姿／数字s showed that both players covered いっそう少なく than six kilometres during the final, although 明確に the movement 伴う／関わるd is of high intensity.

Federer's 脚s just about 対処するd with it, but it is the 神経 that comes under 緊張する as you get older.

Nadal may 井戸／弁護士席 bank at least two more French Open 肩書を与えるs, but his unreliable 膝s may stop him 栄えるing どこかよそで.

Djokovic will look at the 全体にわたる シナリオ and see some low-hanging fruit to be devoured over the next few years. Like him or not, he could 結局最後にはーなる in the low twenties, and that will probably be enough to make him the GOAT.?