19. 10. 2011. ·
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Nole has been voted the third most influential athlete in the world by readers of AskMen.com, which attracts 17 million monthly readers.
In the sixth annual Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2011 list, the world’s best tennis player is ranked no. 19, with the only athletes to poll higher being FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi (no. 10) and Tour de France winner Cadel Evans (no. 11). This year’s Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open champion finished higher than Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg and Rory McIlroy.
The magazine says of Nole: “Just when it looked liked Rafael Nadal was set to begin his long reign atop the men’s ATP rankings, the notoriously hotheaded Djokovic quieted all the outside noise, put all his tools together and reminded us why, right now, men’s tennis is the most exciting sport on the planet, after defeating Nadal at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships and the 2011 US Open.”
The Top 49 poll challenges the magazine’s readers to determine which men have made the biggest impact this year and shaped what it means to be a man of influence. No other tennis players made the list this year.
The top 19 are:
1. Steve Jobs
2. SEAL Team Six
3. Larry Page
4. Warren Buffett
5. Kanye West
6. Mohamed Bouazizi
7. Prince William
8. Anonymous (Wiki leaks group)
9. Ryan Gosling
10. Lionel Messi
11. Cadel Evans
12. Jon Stewart
13. Andrew Mason
14. George Clooney
15. Jay-Z
16. Charlie Sheen
17. Alexander Skarsgard
18. Pep Guardiola
19. Novak Djokovic
