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Djokovic salutes Duplantis: ‘Greatness has no ceiling’
Swedish pole vault star units 14th world report of his profession
September 16, 2025
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Novak Djokovic is a five-time winner of the World Sportsman of the 12 months honour on the Laureus World Sports activities Awards.
By ATP Workers
Novak Djokovic has rewritten tennis historical past many occasions, together with incomes a report 428 weeks at No. 1 within the PIF ATP Rankings.
However on Tuesday, the 24-time main champion turned his consideration to a different report breaker: Swedish pole vault star Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. Only a day earlier, Duplantis raised the bar but once more on the World Athletics Championships, setting the 14th world report of his profession.
Djokovic celebrates the achievement by sharing the Swede’s Instagram put up with the caption: “Greatness has no ceiling”.
The 2 sporting icons have lengthy shared mutual admiration. Earlier this 12 months, Djokovic introduced the 25-year-old with the World Sportsman of the 12 months honour on the Laureus World Sports activities Awards.
Djokovic himself isn’t any stranger to the accolade, having gained it 5 occasions — tied with fellow former World No. 1 Roger Federer for the all-time lead.
