Tim Henman commented on the importance of Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam record to Novak Djokovic’s career. The Serb can equal the Spaniard’s legendary feat by winning his 10th title at the Australian Open on Sunday.
That scenario would see the iconic pair head into the French Open level on the number of majors won and any potential clash in the French capital would go down as one of the biggest in history. Djokovic has been vocal about his desire to hold the Grand Slam record and Eurosport pundit Tim Henman claimed that is the driving force for the 35-year-old’s career.
“There would be a 10th Australian Open title, there would be the scenario of getting back to number one in the rankings,” the former British number one said. “But for me the most important number is 22, that is very much what his [Djokovic] career is about.
