Nov 17, 2024 02:49 PM IST
Serbia’s Davis Cup captain Viktor Troicki dropped an enormous replace on Novak Djokovic’s future.
In comparison with his ordinary requirements, Novak Djokovic had a disappointing 2024. He solely gained his maiden Olympic gold, and did not win any Grand Slam titles. He additionally withdrew from the ATP Finals, creating rumours a couple of attainable retirement quickly.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic applauds with a trophy.(AFP)
The rumours have been additional intensified as Djokovic’s arch-rival Rafael Nadal is ready to retire after the Davis Cup Finals.
Chatting with Sportklub, Serbia’s Davis Cup captain Viktor Troicki dropped an enormous replace on Djokovic’s future. “I briefly saw Novak a few days ago and I was delighted to hear that he is ready to start the new season at 100%. I also heard that the addition of a great coach to his team may be in the works, a legendary name, but these are just rumours,” he stated.
In 2024, he reached the Australian Open semi-finals, the place he misplaced to Jannik Sinner in 4 units, crashing to his first AUS Open loss since 2018. He misplaced to Luca Nardi within the third spherical of Indian Wells Masters, after which fell to a semi-final defeat to Casper Ruud within the Monte Carlo Masters.
In the meantime within the French Open, he withdrew from the quarterfinals after an damage within the earlier spherical. Then he misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz within the Wimbledon closing, adopted by successful gold on the Olympics, the place he beat Alcaraz within the closing. On the US Open, he misplaced to Alexei Popyrin within the third spherical.
In the meantime, Alcaraz additionally expects Djokovic to make an enormous comeback in Melbourne subsequent 12 months. Chatting with reporters, he stated, “A really dangerous player. We’ve seen before that it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t play an official match for two, three, four months because he’s going to come again and be able to win the tournament, be able to show a really high level of tennis.”
“If he goes to Australia hungry, he’s going to be one of the favourites to win Australia,” he added.
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