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Brash Djokovic no longer awestruck by the world No. 1 player

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Thursday, January 24, 2008

MELBOURNE, Australia -- To understand why Novak Djokovic is considered one of Roger Federer's chief challengers, it's useful to go back to the first time they played. It was April 2006, when Federer was well on his way to one of the most dominant seasons in tennis history and Djokovic was 18 and many links down on the food chain. The two met on clay in Monte Carlo. Federer won the first set 6-3; in a somewhat stunning development, Djokovic won the second 6-2. After the young Serbian dropped ...

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