Then there’s his diet and his specially designed shoes. A number of times he has hauled a personal hyperbaric chamber to a grand slam tournament and lately he has been exposing the benefits of a “magnetic disc” he carries around.

On the iconic clay courts of Paris, Novak Djokovic produced a masterclass against his emerging Spanish rival Carlos Alcaraz to claim a famous Olympic victory; one that would forever cement the Serbian’s enduring legacy in the sport as the first player to win every major title available.