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"Djokovic has won more, but we have changed tennis": Björn Borg's shocking statement on the GOAT debate

Djokovic has won more, but we have changed tennis: Björn Borg's shocking statement on the GOAT debate
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Arthur Millot
le 19/09/2025 à 13h19
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In a lengthy interview with La Repubblica, legend Björn Borg delivers a disconcerting truth for Novak Djokovic fans. Despite the records, he asserts that Federer, Nadal... and himself have "taken tennis to another dimension." A strong statement that further fuels the debate over the greatest player of all time.

"I might be in the top five," says Björn Borg about his place in tennis history.

Just a number? Not for him. At 67, the former Swedish champion, winner of 11 Grand Slam titles, no longer seeks validation from statistics. He speaks of impact. Of revolution. Of soul.

"Novak Djokovic has won more," he acknowledges candidly. "But Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and I have taken tennis to another dimension."

These words strike like an uppercut in an age-old debate in modern tennis: who is the real GOAT? While the numbers place Djokovic at the top: record-holder for major titles, weeks at the top of the ATP ranking, and Masters 1000, the hearts of fans still waver.

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Mesch O
At the moment Novak Djokovic is the real GOAT no man can dispute that.
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Tennis007
Anyone else saying it is just western and racist bias, or sour grapes.
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SylviaLaSalle
I will DEFINITELY dispute that
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TennisTheWinner
The GOAT debate has been on for a while.

I believe all of us can have different goats based on what parameters we apply.
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KuroSava
With your "parameters" your Teddy Bear can be your GOAT......but only yours!
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TennisTheWinner
Weird !!
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KuroSava
What Mesch O really meant was that at the moment Novak Djokovic is the real GOAT and no man with NORMAL state of mind can dispute that.
Of course that there will be others who will ``apply different parameters``, or ``DEFINITELY dispute that``, but that reason is explained in the previous sentence. :)
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Tennis007
This, coming from a drug abuser.

Seems like he's still high. Djokovic has the numbers as well that he changed tennis and revolutionised. The revolution doesn't belong to just Rafael or Roger.

Plus, doping still continued with the big 3. The Spanniard.
SylviaLaSalle
Wtaf are you talking about 🙄
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