Novak Djokovic's single-minded drive towards greatness makes it almost unthinkable that he would rest before owning every tennis record in the book, but some are questioning whether his hunger will survive the departure of his two main rivals.
The Serbian came within one win of a 21st Grand Slam title last week that would have moved him clear of a tie with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal and also made him the only man in 52 years to claim all four major titles in the same year.
Daniel Vallverdu, who has coached some of best players outside the 'Big Three' over the last decade in Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Juan Martin del Potro, is intrigued about what that means for Djokovic. Australian Todd Woodbridge, a nine-times Wimbledon doubles champion and a singles semi-finalist, told Wide World of Sports that Djokovic needs Federer and Nadal to challenge him and while the Serbian might still win couple of more majors, the domination of the 'Big Three' was over.
Notwithstanding the possibility of Federer and Nadal increasing their own tallies, Vallverdu thinks that might just be the goal to keep Djokovic going."Once he achieves number 21, he will find a way to motivate himself. I think it will be more difficult for him to motivate himself if Roger and Rafa are not around.
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