I've never believed No1e can win Roland Garros after he blew opportunity to win against Rafa in 2013 until No1e was 5-2 in the fourth today, but I am happy he won this.
I've read what they are saying in articles about this win and seems no one really realises how big this is. While this is appreciated as another slam, the first Roland Garros for No1e and they even mention it is a career slam completed for No1e, all of that is served with meh flavour. They even add a table of people who completed a career slam and No1e and Agassi look worse that anyone else because they are listed as the oldest ones to do it. So, none of that looked very special for majority of fans because their favourites, Federer and Nadal both won Roland Garros, still have more slams than No1e and they won their career slams at younger age than No1e.
In fact, Novak's accomplishment is much bigger than what Federer and Nadal accomplished. He accomplished something that is an ultimate goal in tennis and that only two other men in history did, Budge in 1938 and Laver twice, in 1962 and 1968. No1e won The Grand Slam, which means he holds all 4 consecutive slams. However there is something that makes Novak's achievement unique. Unlike Budge and Laver, No1e won his Grand Slam on 3 different surfaces.
During the slam he achieved couple of other things that I didn't see English media to write about except sporadically and shyly. No1e is the first man who won more than 100 million in prize money and he qualified for ATP WTF in London.
I think that the key for Novak's win in this slam was that he was keeping relaxed and not obsessed with achievement in later stages. He was posting some videos goofing with friends and family a night before the final, he was posting messages citing late Serbian Patriarch Pavle. I think permanently smiling and laughing Guga's presence influenced him a lot too, so from quarterfinal to final No1e was more relaxed and played closer to his best while in some previous Roland Garroses it wasn't the case.
