In the early morning of Beijing time, the atp Masters in Paris entered the singles quarterfinals.
The second match in the first half for semi-finals was between world number one and tournament number one seed Djokovic and the American teenager Fritz, 24.
In the end, the world number one only took 73 minutes to complete the sweep with a score of 6/4, 6/3, and easily advanced to the semi-finals, and then he will compete with the Polish brother Hulkach for the final seat.
The 2021 season was a bumper year for Djokovic and an imperfect year.
At Wimbledon, the Serbian aligned with the 20th Grand Slam title to the Fenner duo and proud of the entire men's tennis scene with three Grand Slams of the season;
However, in the unprecedented annual Golden Slam road to impacting the men's tennis world, the final failure was a failure, first the Tokyo Olympic Games defeated Zverev, dreaming of the Golden Slam, and then lost to Medvedev at Flushing Park in the US Open, losing the annual Grand Slam.
In particular, the defeat of the US Open has made the world number one seem to "disappear".
Until this week.
After nearly two months of waving with the arena, Djokovic picked up his mood and set off again.
The Serbian king set the first leg of his comeback at the final Masters before the year-end finals.
Here, he lifted the championship trophy five times, becoming the first person to win the title in the only indoor competition of the nine Masters.
Starting from Yufudi, the world's first swept in with two major goals.
If he can reach the final of the tournament, regardless of Medvedev's performance behind him, he will be officially crowned the glory of the year-end first, in this record, Djokovic and the American legend Sampras shared the first place in history with six records.
Therefore, Deyo had the opportunity to take this record alone;
If they can win the championship, the number of their masters will set a new record for winning the championship, and they will once again surpass their old rival Nadal with 37 masters titles, and also rank first in history alone.
After an easy defeat of Fritz in the early hours of this morning, Djokovic is only one victory away from his first goal, and if nothing else, the seventh year-end first time will be crowned in the countdown to 21:00 tonight.
Perhaps, it will not take so long at all, if Medvedev is eliminated early when he advances to the semi-finals, the waiting time is only a few hours.
In any case, the record for surpassing Sampras is almost certain.
It takes just one victory to surpass the American tennis legend, and just two steps away from crossing Nadal.
In Paris, what if Deyo can accomplish his goal of surpassing Sampras and Nadal?
Undoubtedly, it is in Turin to complete the pursuit of another tennis giant, the Swiss king Federer.
Among the major indicators that consider and talk about the tennis goat, the main ones are:
(1) The number of Grand Slams;
(2) The number of weeks ranked first in the world;
(3) The number of year-end rankings;
(4) The number of championships won in the year-end finals.
Among these indicators, the number of Major Slams in Deyo ranks first in history together with Fenner, the number of weeks ranked first in history alone, and the number of year-end rankings ranks first in history;
Only the number of year-end finals titles ranks second in history, and it is The Swiss king Federer who ranks ahead of Djokovic.
Currently, Federer is alone in the first place in history with a record of 6 titles, followed by Djokovic with 5.
Therefore, at this year's Turin year-end finals, Djokovic's ultimate goal will be to be crowned champion again, thus catching up with the historical record of his old rival with 6 titles.
Once completed, among the four major indicators listed above, after the end of the 2021 season, Djokovic will have two report cards of the first in solo history and two firsts in joint history.
Its combination will also surpass The Feiners, so when it comes to talking about goat, there is no doubt that it will be in the leading position.
Will the Serbian king, who has reached the semi-finals of the tournament, use three surprises to repay the thousands of fans who love him and support him?
The 2021 season is not finished...