Novak Djokovic is slamming at the doors of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to level with their record for the most number of grand slams in the history of tennis as he bags his 19th with the Roland Garros cup on Sunday.

And after winning the title and inching a few steps closer to that 20-grand slam record, in one of the best highlights of the day, he gave his special, match-winning racket to a young fan in the front row and the sheer excitement that lad showed is winning the internet all over the world.

This kid’s reaction when Djoker gives him his racket is everything pic.twitter.com/uc2mA1BXbv

— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) June 13, 2021

Jumping in joy and lost in surreality for 10 straight seconds, the fan’s preu reaction had the world participating in his ecstasy.

That's a life high point right there https://t.co/EaVZk7N0EH

— Love, Gleñ Matthews ️‍🦈 (@GlenMaffews) June 13, 2021

Q: What are sports about?
A: ⬇️ https://t.co/0uGUrTB0i1

— Tyler Dreiling (@TylerDreiling) June 13, 2021

How can you hate @DjokerNole 🤣🤣 https://t.co/wrQq7cABfH

— 🦋 (@Chibwe_1) June 13, 2021

It’s a shame media won’t show this side of #NovakDjokovic . Humble, down to earth, simply just an ordinary man. https://t.co/WLwHiS7Fii

— ген️цид gen️cide (@jasenovac600k) June 13, 2021

Some called him physically weary, others felt that the Serbian was not going to make it against Stefanos Tsitsipas after he went down 0-2 in the first two sets. However the World number 1 clearly doesn’t know when to quit and that was the quality that made him make a historic comeback.

Not only did Djokovic win the next three sets to book his second French Open, he did so by defeating his greek opponent 6-3, 6-2, and 6-4. Only to leave the entire Philippe-Chatrier Court awestruck and on their feet.

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Another massive achievement that the Serb earned was to become only the third man in tennis history after Rod Laver and Roy Emerson to win each of the four major tournaments at least twice - a feat none of his Big Three rivals have got their hands on so far. 

“I never thought it was a mission impossible to reach the Grand Slams of these guys,” said Djokovic after his victory. “I mean, I’m not there, but it’s one less. But they are still playing. Obviously they’re playing great, especially Rafa with his level.”

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“We all have still opportunities at Wimbledon, all the other slams. You have four slams a year, so we’re all competing for this amazing achievement and amazing trophies. I’ll keep on going. I’ll keep on chasing,” he added.

“At the same time I’ll keep on paving my own path, which is my own authentic path. We all three of us have our own journeys, and that’s it,” the Serb concluded. 

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