Good article on Novak and beginning of Nadal rivalry

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Tennis Magazine: "The Perfect Player": How one writer saw Novak Djokovic, 14 years ago.

https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2021/03/perfect-player-how-one-writer-saw-novak-djokovic-14-years-ago/93149/

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Nice article. Nick Bollettieri described Novak as the perfect player also. Roger is more what I would call the perfect player. He has everything, absolutely everything. I do think Novak is the best baseliner the game has ever seen, though. I don't think a player in history has ever been able to lockdown and patrol the baseline with such error-free tennis as Novak...maybe Borg but that is a different era...different tennis. The game is so fast nowadays.

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And what a 2nd match back in 2007 at Key Biscayne between those 2, just 10 days after Rafa had defeated Novak in straight sets at Indian Wells. Novak goes into that match and returns the favor at 19 years of age.