All-conquering Djokovic moves into house that Nadal built

Wily record holder is now the uncontested keyholder to the French Open – as well as the wider world of men’s tennis

ON TOP: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning the men's singles final match of the French Open. Pic: AP Photo/Thibault Camus

No longer the polite and begrudging ripple of applause. No longer the soft shuffle of designer shoes towards the exits.

This time the sound of triumph would be resounding and unqualified: from the plush seats where Zlatan Ibrahimović and Tom Brady were on their feet, to the windswept upper tiers where the cascade of Serbian flags caught the evening Parisian light. Roland Garros, and by extension the lineage of men’s tennis, is now the house of Novak Djokovic.