Factbox - The decline of Novak Djokovic


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 26 Jul 2017

Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his first round match against Slovakia's Martin Klizan. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

(Reuters) - When Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray to win last year's French Open, the Serb's stranglehold on men's tennis was complete.

He was the first man since Rod Laver to hold all four grand slams simultaneoulsy and was halfway to the calendar-year slam that Australian great Laver achieved in 1969.

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