Wimbledon 2015: Writers Awards – Best Male Player

STEVE NICHOLLS. 6. <p>Surely there is only once choice for this category? <strong>Novak Djokovic</strong> has been nothing short of sensational in 2015 and seems to be redefining what it takes to become the world number one.</p> <p>His record in the big tournaments has been almost faultless, with three Grand Slam finals reached out of a possible three, and two of them won in convincing style against world-class opposition.</p> <p>The only blot on the Serb’s copybook in this calendar year has been the French Open where he could only manage yet another runner’s up position, despite accounting for the King Of Clay in straight sets in the last eight.</p> <p>Stanislas Wawrinka played like a man possessed on that afternoon, however, and that forgivable blip aside, Djokovic has been simply superb in the opening seven months of the season, even by his lofty standards.</p> <p>The world number one doesn’t seem to be letting the many pressures of fatherhood and marriage get to him as he is playing better than ever in an increasingly competitive tour, and is winning almost every tournament he is entering, regardless of the surface.</p> <p>If the Wimbledon champion does not come out of a competition with the trophy in his hands, he is almost certainly a losing finalist. He is practically guaranteed to reach the final day of every tournament he enters – there didn’t seem to be life in Tennis after Roger and Rafa, but Novak is proving us all wrong.</p>. Writer. Lob and Smash