He had played in 51 consecutive Grand Slam events since 2005, winning 12 of them. Fifty Grand Slams later, Djokovic has crafted a universe in which he can’t dip too far into imperfection without eliciting armchair diagnoses. Fifty Grand Slams later, he owns 12 titles and four in a row at one point (2015-16), something no man had done since Rod Laver 47 years prior. Fifty Grand Slams later, he has sagged over the past five, with only one venture past the quarterfinals. Some fans reel at his leanness and blame all the blasted vegetables, failing to consider the role of his antiestablishment diet in those fifty Grand Slams later.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2017 12:00 UTC