At every Grand Slam, Novak Djokovic is always one of the first names on everyone's list as a favourite to win despite his age, his injuries and the young guns who are constantly aiming to knock him off the top.
Having scaled his Mount Olympus in August to claim the Olympic gold medal that had eluded him, the Serb has nothing left to prove and can put more daylight between himself and his two historic rivals by winning another Slam at the US Open, which starts on Aug 26.
The emotional 37-year-old fell to his knees and sobbed into the Parisian clay after beating Carlos Alcaraz to complete the "Golden Slam" and put an exclamation mark on his already cemented status as the "greatest of all time" in men's tennis.
He won his 24th Slam title in New York last season to move two ahead of Spaniard Rafael Nadal, whose career is winding down and who will not compete at the year's final Major, and four clear of retired Swiss maestro Roger Federer.
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