🏆 World Number #1's Win at Wimbledon: Djokovic Wins Again & Ties Men's Grand Slam Record, While Ash Barty Wins Wimbledon For First Time 🏆

 

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Here were a couple of pictures from the sports section of the newspapers that I got on Monday, the day after France won the World Cup in 2018.

Ashleigh Barty is on top of the world. When younger she had always dreamed of playing for it all at the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world: Wimbledon.  

On Saturday, her dreams came true. She not only qualified for the Wimbledon Final, but she won the match, to boot. She had won the French Open in 2019, and had ascended to reach the world number one ranking entering Wimbledon. Now, she won her second career Grand Slam title, and fulfilled a lifelong dream in the process.   

In the final, the Australian defeated Czech Karolína Plíšková in a tough, grueling match, ultimately outlasting her 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3. 

Barty already held the number one ranking as she entered this tournament. Clearly, she gained some leverage over everyone else in the women's field with this achievement, and added to her already impressive list of accomplishments in the sport. 

On the men's side, Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has now officially done it. He won his sixth ever Wimbledon title, beating Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (7-4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. In so doing, Djokovic has now matched the record 20 Grand Slam titles on the men's side held currently by both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. 

The year end world's number one ranking is still up for grabs, although Djokovic's Wimbledon triumph seems to give him a clear edge to keeping the number one ranking that he has held now since March 8th of this year. But Djokovic expanded his lead on current world number 2, Daniil Medvedev. It should be noted that Djokovic has the record for the most weeks overall held as the men's number one ranked player, with currently 328 weeks overall in his career ranked at the very top of the sport. Djokovic also has held the year end number one six times, and he is attempting to tie the record of seven times with the number one ranking at the end of the year currently held by Ivan Lendl. Also, Djokovic has won all three Men's Grand Slams so far this year, and it feels like he has a real chance at achieving the calendar Grand Slam, as well as tying Lendl's record. 

Frankly, at the level of tennis that Djokovic is playing at currently, I would not bet against him to achieve both of those feats.