{"id":9960,"date":"2024-10-10T02:47:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9960"},"modified":"2024-10-10T02:47:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T02:47:33","slug":"novak-djokovic-moves-ahead-of-rafael-nadal-with-latest-masters-1000-win-as-he-also-closes-in-on-another-all-time-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=9960","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic moves ahead of Rafael Nadal with latest Masters 1000 win as he also closes in on another all-time record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2F08130859%2FNovak-Djokovic-celebrates-1320x742.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1080px) 1320px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2F08130859%2FNovak-Djokovic-celebrates-1320x742.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F10%2F08130859%2FNovak-Djokovic-celebrates-750x422.jpg 750w, \" alt=\"A delighted Novak Djokovic\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" \/><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">Novak Djokovic celebrates during his tennis match<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><strong>Novak Djokovic now has the best winning percentage for ATP Masters 1000 events as he has surpassed Rafael Nadal following his third-round win at the Shanghai Masters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-time Grand Slam winner \u2013 already the record-holder for most ATP Masters 1000 titles with 40 \u2013 brushed Flavio Cobolli aside 6-1, 6-2 to book his place in the last 16 of the hard-court tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The win was Djokovic\u2019s 406th in Masters 1000 events and he edged past Nadal in terms of highest winning percentage as he now sits on 82.02% with Nadal on 82.00%.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u00a0is also within striking distance of another Nadal record at Masters tournaments as the Spaniard holds the all-time record for most main draw wins with 410 while he has 90 defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian has a 406-89 win-loss record while the retired Roger Federer is a distant third.<\/p>\n<h4>The 10 Players With Most Masters 1000 Match Wins:<\/h4>\n<p>1. Rafael Nadal \u2013 410<br \/>\n2. Novak Djokovic \u2013 406<br \/>\n3. Roger Federer \u2013 381<br \/>\n4. Andy Murray \u2013 230<br \/>\n5. Andre Agassi \u2013 209<br \/>\n6. Tomas Berdych \u2013 191<br \/>\n7. Pete Sampras \u2013 190<br \/>\n8. David Ferrer \u2013 189<br \/>\n9. Stan Wawrinka \u2013 165<br \/>\n10. Andy Roddick \u2013 157<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic will look to move to 407 wins when he takes on Roman Safiullin in the fourth round after the Russian upset 17th seed Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).<\/p>\n<p>The Cobolli clash was only Djokovic\u2019s second match on the ATP Tour since he was stunned in the third round of the US Open by Alexei Popyrin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning I had a clear game plan of what I needed to do, staying aggressive and trying to use every short ball to take the initiative in the point,\u201d the former world No 1 said. \u201cCobolli was evidently exhausted after last night\u2019s match [against Stan Wawrinka]. I think that has taken a toll, physically, on him today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t played too many matches, I think the positive in that is that I\u2019m fresh, so I am happy to play every day [or] as long as it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian took his record for the 2024 season to 34-8 while he has also closed the gap to seventh-placed Andrey Rublev in the Race For Turin with only the top eight qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is currently eighth in the standings for the ATP Finals, but he is now only 220 points behind Rublev \u2013 who lost in the second round in Shanghai \u2013 with the sixth-placed Casper Ruud another 225 ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic celebrates during his tennis match Novak Djokovic now has the best winning percentage for ATP Masters 1000 events as he has surpassed Rafael Nadal following&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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