It doesn’t bode well for the average tennis fan hoping to see the Rafa/Roger rivalry continually renewed.

Djokovic now has to be considered the best player in the world on all surfaces bar clay, where Nadal reigns as king.

I believe these are the two best players in the world and that we will see a re-match of the first grand slam final of the year in which Djokovic could well de-throne the ‘King of the Clay’ at Roland Garros in May. Djokovic knows the French Open is where the ultimate test lies, where we will find out if he can once again hold all 4 slams at once, but more importantly I believe that should he win on the clay (a big ‘if’ I know), that it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he could win all 4 grand slams this calendar year.

Maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself here but the sheer level of dominance he purveyed over the no.2 ranked player in the world in Australia, suggests to me that this is not totally unrealistic. Nobody outside of Rafa and Roger can challenge Novak when he is near top form, some may argue the case of the young German Alexander Zverev (world number 3) but he has yet to find top form at a grand slam and is prone to petulance, (smashing rackets seems to be one of his preferred past-times) a quality that will be exposed versus the calm and collected Djokovic.