LONDON, July 12 — Novak Djokovic had the weight of tennis history on his shoulders and an Italian with dynamite on his racket strings to contend with but emerged victorious to earn a sixth Wimbledon and a record-levelling 20th Grand Slam title on Sunday.
In a year that is brewing into something extraordinary, the world number one has won the season’s first three majors and will become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam if he wins the US Open in September. After chewing on a blade of grass, Djokovic threw his arms out to all four sides of stadium as the crowd roared ‘Nole’ before he climbed up into the stands to embrace his coaching team and even stopped for a selfie with a young fan.
“Something shifted in 2011. The last 10 years have been an incredible journey and it’s not stopping here.” Yet in the first part of seismic sporting Sunday for his nation, with Italy facing England down the road at Wembley in the Euro 2020 final later, he played like a gladiator in Rome’s Colosseum.
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