Without losing sets and against an Argentine: 18 years of the first 1000 masters of Novak Djokovic are turned
The love story between Novak Djokovic and the Masters 1000where he is the top winner of the whole history, began on April 1, 2007. The Serbian, who was 19 years old and had only two weeks among the ten best players on the planet, won his first contest of this category in the Miami Open And against an Argentine tennis player: Guillermo Cañas.
The path of who, almost two decades later, would be transformed into the tennis player with more Grand Slam titles, began with a victory in the second round (he had Bye In the first) in front of the Italian Daniele Bracciali 7-6 (4) and 6-4followed by another triumph against Michael Llodra 6-4 and 6-1.
La Refidilla, where Sets would not lose throughout the tournament, would continue with successes against Feliciano López (6-0 and 6-3), Rafael Nadal (6-3 and 6-4) and Andy Murray, his current coach (6-1 and 6-0). Between the round of 16 and the semis, Nole lost only eleven Gamesa statistic without a doubt to highlight.
As to Guillermo Cañashis journey to the definition was more complex. Reinserting in the circuit after a positive Doping suspension because of a diuretic (NDD: it was out of the courts from August 2005 to September 2006), its world ranking was in position No. 55 and had to dispute the QUALY.
And in the qualifying stage he did not disappoint. The Argentine swept the American Brendan Evans and to the Brazilian Thiago Alves 6-4/6-4 and 6-0/6-1, respectively. Then, he would enter the main box where, surprisingly, he would be charged to heavyweights of the Tourin addition to winning three Top Ten.
The victims of the born in Tapiales were: Tim Henman (3-6, 6-2 and 6-1), Juan Carlos Ferrero (6-7, 6-3 and 7-5), Richard Gasquet (7-6 and 6-3), Roger Federer (number one in the world at that time, 7-6, 2-6 and 7-6), Tommy Robredo (7-6 and 6-1) and Ivan Ljubicic (7-5 and 6-2).
However, the streak was cut in the final. Novak Djokovic got rid of Guillermo Cañas in three sets (NDD: The Masters 1000 finals were the best of five) 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4 and raised his first Masters 1000 title. In addition, he stayed with a record that Carlos Alcaraz would later take away: being the youngest tennis player to win a trophy in this category.
“Every time I want something, you are the youngest player or you achieve a record, it certainly feels great. It means that your name is in the history of sport. I am very proud. I know that I worked hard during my entire career to get here, and I hope this is just the beginning of a long career, hopefully. There are always injuries that are an important factor and a big problem in sport in general, especially in tennis, where you need to take care of your whole body. career” The Serbian said after the victory, which was not wrong. Almost 20 years later, it is still more valid than ever.
