Kokkinakis believes Djokovic will end top of GOAT debate as 'best to ever do it'

Thanasi Kokkinakis believes that Novak Djokovic will end up as the greatest to ever play tennis ending the never-ending GOAT debate in tennis.

Kokkinakis will be playing with Djokovic at the same event in Adelaide this week and it's an event that he won last year. The Greek player has been a fan of Djokovic for a very long time and he thinks that the Serbian will ultimately end up as the greatest to ever do it. He explained his reasoning as:

"Stats-wise and everything like that, [Novak Djokovic] will probably end up being the best to ever do it, at least in the short-term anyway. He's got crazy fans. The Serbs love it and get behind him. He's got massive support Down Under, how well he's done in Australia, as well, at Aussie Open."

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He also talked about the stacked lineup at this year's Adelaide International where he's the defending champion:

"Yeah, everywhere you look there's a top-10 guy hitting with a top-10 guy. It's almost like Medvedev is flying under the radar; Holger, who just won Paris Masters, is flying a bit under the radar; Felix, who had a massive back end of last year. There's hell of players wherever you look. Obviously it's going to be the Djokovic Show, but there's a lot of good players that are more than capable of winning this title."

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