Djokovic (on Nadal and Federer): "I've always compared myself to them".

Tennis Majors

The world number one spoke of his special relationship with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, both of whom he has overtaken in Grand Slam title wins (23 compared to 22 for the Spaniard and 20 for the Swiss).

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00:00 Well, the truth is that I've always compared myself to these guys,

00:04 because those are the two greatest rivals I ever had in my career.

00:09 And I've said it before many times,

00:12 that they have actually defined me as a player.

00:15 And all the success that I have,

00:18 they've contributed to it in a way,

00:22 because of the rivalries and the match-ups that we had,

00:25 and countless hours of thinking and analysing

00:32 and what it takes to win against them on the biggest stage,

00:35 you know, for me and my team.

00:36 It was just those two guys

00:40 were occupying my mind for the last 15 years quite a lot,

00:44 and in a professional sense.

00:48 And...

00:52 And so, of course, it's amazing to know

00:57 that I'm one ahead of both of them in Grand Slams,

01:01 with Rafa, but at the same time,

01:08 everyone writes their own history.

01:10 So, you know, I still think that

01:16 everyone has a unique journey that they should embrace

01:21 and stick to.

01:23 But, of course,

01:25 having the three of us, with Andy, of course, as well,

01:30 that we cannot forget,

01:32 in the last 20 years,

01:33 we've kind of reached the golden era of the men's tennis,

01:37 and as people like to call it,

01:40 so I'm really grateful to be part of this group of guys.

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