5 top tennis players who are suffering from burnout

#1. Novak Djokovic

Djokovic lost his World No.1 ranking this year

The Serb has undoubtedly been the best tennis player in the world in the past four-five years with many critics and past players opining that Djokovic is the greatest tennis player of all-time. After winning his first Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, Djokovic made 2011 his own as he won three of the four majors and ended the year ranked World No.1.

He went on to hold that position for a total of 223 weeks which is the fifth highest for a male player at the top of the ATP rankings behind Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Ivan Lendl, and Jimmy Connors.

So far, Djokovic has won a total of 12 Grand Slam Titles that include a record six Australian Open Titles, a French Open Title, three Wimbledon Titles, and two US Open Titles.Djokovic began 2016 brilliantly by winning a record sixth Australian Open Title which was followed by wins at Indian Wells, Miami, and Madrid before winning his maiden French Open Title and in the process, completing a Career-Slam.

However, following this achievement, Djokovic’s form suffered a dip as he was knocked out in the third round of Wimbledon and although he rebounded well by winning the Rogers Cup, he was then knocked out in the opening round of the Rio Olympics.

Djokovic then came back well by reaching the final of the US Open and even though his performances were decent in the tournaments that followed, he was looking patchy. After a quarter-final defeat to Marin Cilic which was incidentally his first loss to the Croat, Nole lost the World No.1 ranking to Andy Murray and in order to clinch it back, he would have to win the ATP World Tour Finals. However, he lost to Murray in the final and will end the year as World No.2.The Serb has not been the same player this year as he used to be during the past few, and as the case might be with several top players, the pressure of expectation coupled with the immense fame might lead to Djokovic burning out but having seen Djokovic refusing to give up, we can all hope to see the Serb back to his very best in 2017.