Stat of the Day: Novak Djokovic records milestone 35th career Davis Cup singles victory
He passes Janko Tipsarevic for most Davis Cup singles wins for a Serbian player since the Serbian team started competing at the event in 1995.
These days it seems like Novak Djokovic breaks some kind of record just about every week he plays, and this week is no different.
With his 6-3, 6-2 victory over Dennis Novak at the Davis Cup Finals on Friday, Djokovic passes Janko Tipsarevic for most Davis Cup singles wins for a Serbian player, since the Serbian team started competing at the event in 1995.
MOST DAVIS CUP SINGLES WINS BY A SERBIAN PLAYER**
35: Novak Djokovic (35-7)
34: Janko Tipsarevic (34-15)
17: Viktor Troicki (17-11)
13: Nenad Zimonjic (13-12)
11: Dusan Vemic (11-4)
11: Dusan Lajovic (11-8)
** Serbia first competed in Davis Cup in 1995 under the Yugoslav flag. Yugoslavia was renamed Serbia & Montenegro in 2004 before Serbia became an independent nation in 2007. Before 1995, Serbian players represented Yugoslavia.
With Lajovic edging Gerald Melzer in the other singles match of the Serbia-Austria tie, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5, Serbia is now 1-0 in their round-robin group.
They'll face Germany on Saturday.