Baghdatis picks his toughest opponent: "I've never felt this way with any other player"

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Even Rafa Nadal himself talked about the tremendous demand of the Big 3 era and the comparison with today's tennis. Along similar lines, Marcos Baghdatis also speaks. The Cypriot player, former world number 8, expressed his opinion and highlighted several names when choosing his toughest opponent.

Despite mentioning various names, his answer is very clear: Novak Djokovic. The Serbian dominated Marcos with a resounding head-to-head record of 8-0, with their last match in Indian Wells still fresh in Baghdatis’ memory as a brutal defeat.

Djokovic, his toughest opponent

"I would choose Novak Djokovic, simply because I never beat him. But it's very difficult to choose," Marcos Baghdatis said about the most challenging opponent he has faced in his career, as he confesses in an interview with Tennis365. "I'm not saying that the Big 3 were the only tough opponents, but there were many others.

That generation of Andy Murray, Rafa, Roger, Novak... of course, they were the top four who dominated the sport for many years while I was playing, but behind them, there were players like Juan del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, David Ferrer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych, and many other players, I believe, of a very high level."

What makes Novak Djokovic so special?

"Whenever I played against Novak, the matches were very evenly matched. That's my opinion. Perhaps I'm wrong, but what do I remember? He thrashed me once, and it was in Indian Wells. It was a 6-1, 6-2 (6-1, 6-3). I left the court feeling like I had been taught a lesson. I never felt that way with any other player. I never felt that way with Roger or Rafa, even when I was younger and played against Roger, I always thought: 'Next time I can beat him.' I always felt it, but with Novak, I didn't have that feeling, especially after that match."

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