"He’s the best athlete on earth right now" says Roddick on Djokovic

America’s former tennis star Andy Roddick believes Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is by far the best athlete on the planet right now.

The 36-year-old is often termed the greatest player in the history of men’s tennis in the Open era after winning as many as 24 Grand Slams titles.

His 24th major title victory came recently in New York where he defeated the current world number three Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to win the US Open 2023.

Roddick, who won the US Open back in 2003 which was his only Grand Slam title in his career, was quoted in a report recently where he heaped praise on Djokovic and called him the best athlete on the planet.

"The dominance of Novak and the way that he’s able to win this consistently is just absurd,” he said. “He’s probably the most reliable player that we’ve ever had in the game. I wouldn’t bet against him on any given day, on any surface, in any format. It’s not even close to hyperbolic to say that he’s the best athlete on earth right now.

"It’s an impossibility to make a statistical argument against him being the best ever. It’s like proving gravity at this point. He’s now tied Margaret Court on 24 Slams, but he wants all of the records, so he’ll want to get to 25. After that, he’s basically playing against his own shadow — there’s nothing else out there for him.”

There were a lot of concerns where Djokovic will be able to keep his winning momentum going coming into 2023 but he proved all the doubters wrong by clinching three out of the four major titles.

His only defeat in the Grand Slam this year came in the final of the Wimbledon where he came second-best in a five-set thriller against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz with a score of 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.