Italian legend Adriano Panatta believes that Novak Djokovic is still the man to beat in 2023, even if Carlos Alcaraz is the world number 1. The 1976 French Open champion says that even if Carlito is at the top of the rankings, it is well known that Novak was not able to have a full season because of his vaccination status.
Turing a recent interview, Panatta commented: “Looking beyond the numbers that reward Carlos Alcaraz, it seems clear to me that Djokovic is currently the strongest: he is solid, he makes little mistakes and wins. After all, he won Wimbledon and the Masters at the end of the year.”
Novak Djokovic in 2023
LWWWLWLWWW At the moment ranked no.5, the Serbian played his last match on the 20th of November 2022 when he overcame world no.3 Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 in the final in the Nitto ATP Finals to win his 0th challenger.
Currently, during this season the Serbian has managed to achieve a composed 42-7 win-loss record.
Djokovic is scheduled to play next at the Australian Open (Australian Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 16th of January.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2023
WLWWWWWWWW Now ranked no.1, the Spaniard played his last match on the 4th of November 2022 when he had to retire when playing against world no.11 Holger Rune in the quarter and the scoreline was 6-3 6-6 .
This season the Spaniard achieved a composed 57-13 match record.
Alcaraz is scheduled to play next at the Australian Open (Australian Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 16th of January.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz fought against each other only once. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz |
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