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One year later, Djokovic's game and image are still evolving

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

NEW YORK -- A year ago, he was the 20-year-old, ascendant, fresh-faced darling of the crowd here at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. His hilarious, dead-on impressions of Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal, enabled by USA Network reporter Michael Barkann, had a night audience on its feet, cheering and laughing so hard that some had tears in their eyes. Novak Djokovic, ranked behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, became a YouTube phenomenon and a "Tonight Show" guest. He made n ...

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