The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships recognised Novak Djokovic\u2019s latest record-breaking feat in the sport as tournament organisers surprised the World No.1 with a special gift on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Djokovic has entered a 378th week at the top of the ATP rankings, breaking Steffi Graf\u2019s 30-year record in the process.The Serbian was duly presented with a commemorative block with the number 378 by Tournament Director Salah Tahlak following his battling victory over qualifier Tomas Machac.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old was then asked to look up at the huge LED screen during the on-court ceremony, where he watched a clip of him as a seven-year-old aspiring professional, confessing his ultimate goal was to become the World No.1 one day.<\/p>\n
Upon watching the clip, he said: \u201cI guess he wouldn\u2019t be surprised, because he knew. At that point I dreamt a lot and dreamt big dreams. That was the biggest dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used my visualisation and imagination a lot. At that point I couldn\u2019t imagine I would get that far. I really believed I would become the number one tennis player in the world, but to stay this many weeks in the ranking spot it\u2019s definitely something that surprised me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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