Djokovic challenging tennis elite
Take another victory lap, Novak Djokovic. After a slumplet that lasted a good 18 months or so, the Serb has resumed playing top-shelf tennis and challenging the Federer/Nadal-ocracy.A week after beating Federer in Basel, Djokovic won the Paris Indoor Masters Series event, performing vivisection on Nadal in the semis and then outlasting Gael Monfils in the final. (That’s the equivalent of two straight Sunday road wins.) For a player whose fitness has been called into question in the past, Djokovic is to be commended for sustaining a high level of play 94 (!) matches into the season. If he has enough petrol in the tank to defend his Masters Cup title next week, it will be still more impressive.