Djokovic makes history: Surpasses Steffi Graf with record 378th week as world no. 1

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Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has accomplished a new feat in his remarkable tennis career by surpassing Steffi Graf to become the player with the most weeks spent at the top of the world rankings.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/the-new-generation-is-coming-but-i-am-not-afraid-novak-djokovic-says-1.94174421  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #tennis #NovakDjokovic

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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, we just mentioned the incredible record that Novak Djokovic has

00:07broken now on both tours, surpassing Steffi Graf's record of now 378 weeks as the world

00:16number one.

00:17He is joined on centre court by the COO of Dubai Duty Free and the tournament director

00:23Salah Talaq.

00:24They are going to just take a few photos and then we have a little something for Novak

00:29to show him.

00:36Novak, if you just have a quick look at the screen, there might be something there that

00:54will bring back a few memories for you.

01:24I think you were seven years old around that time.

01:28What would that little boy think of this achievement, 378 weeks as the world number one?

01:34Well, I guess he wouldn't be surprised because he knew.

01:40Of course, obviously at that point, you know, I dreamt a lot.

01:48I dreamt big dreams and as I mentioned a few minutes ago, that was the biggest dream.

01:54Well, I used my visualisation, I would say imagination pretty well.

02:00But you know, at that point, I couldn't imagine that I would get this far.

02:05You know, I really believed that I could, you know, one day become a number one tennis

02:10player in the world.

02:11But to stay this many weeks in that ranking spot, it's definitely something that surprised

02:17me too.

02:19It is a remarkable feat.

02:21July 2011 is when you first became world number one.

02:25Congratulations.

02:27On that achievement.

02:28Ladies and gentlemen, please give Novak Djokovic a very special round of applause.

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