Novak Djokovic suffered a heavy defeat within the remaining of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, having to postpone the appointment with the twenty fifth Slam of his superb profession. The previous world no 1 has admitted that he felt very inferior towards Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who adopted an ideal tactic stopping his opponent from actually coming into the match.
Many followers and specialists surprise if Nole will win one other Main earlier than retiring and it’s not straightforward to reply this query. The previous world no 1 is now not the participant a number of years in the past and the age distinction with Alcaraz and Sinner begins to make a distinction. Novak’s season was not optimistic thus far, contemplating he didn’t even win a title after nearly seven months. The 37-year-old from Belgrade will attempt to win the gold medal on the Olympic Video games in Paris later this month, however he will definitely not begin on the crimson clay of the French Open.
On the similar time, it’s essential to underline how the Serbian reached the ultimate on the Wimbledon Championships regardless of knee surgical procedure final month. Nole had a reasonably clean draw that helped him discover the proper tempo, however he proved to be an absolute legend of contemporary sport.
Gareth Bale loves Djokovic
Among the many many VIPs current within the stands throughout the Wimbledon remaining, there was additionally the previous Actual Madrid participant Gareth Bale (who is a good pal of Djokovic). Throughout an extended interview with Every day Specific, 24-time Grand Slam champion Nole Djokovic praised Bale: “Actually humble man. Loves his golf.
That is the place we truly linked extra final 12 months, within the Ryder Cup All-Star match that we performed collectively. Yeah, he was giving me some ideas for golf. We had a dinner there, and we spent few days collectively. That is I feel the place we actually developed a pleasant relationship. So I invited him to come back. And naturally, I will invite him once more. I do not know if he will watch England match afterward. I am not going to touch upon that. However he is at all times in my nook and it is nice when can come and watch and assist.”
Novak’s perspective throughout the Wimbledon Closing was very shocking. The previous world no 1 appeared discouraged from the beginning of the match, didn’t react to the difficulties and tried quite a few serve and volley unsuccessfully.
Talking with El Pais, Toni Nadal mirrored on Djokovic’s tactic towards Carlos Alcaraz: “I think about, as I wrote the day earlier than the ultimate, the doubts of Novak and his staff because the match approached. The choice was not straightforward to make. How you can method the match, with our common weapons and our personal model, or attempt to neutralise the opponent by searching for different options and transferring away from our attribute recreation? Personally, I’ve at all times opted for the primary resolution. Whether it is already tough to play properly by doing what you’re used to doing, it has at all times been rather more tough for my part to play properly, particularly within the remaining, by doing what you aren’t used to doing. Djokovic opted for the second resolution. Realizing that neither his legs nor the precision of his photographs are these of yesteryear, and {that a} lengthy and bodily match wouldn’t favour him both, he tried a tactic that in the end proved suicidal. He wished to impose a excessive tempo, play aggressively, shorten rallies from the again of the court docket and, on the slightest alternative, shut factors on the web.”
Nole was unhappy
Though he was very upset, Djokovic mentioned that he has no intention of giving up and that this was not his final Wimbledon. The previous world no 1 won’t play tournaments earlier than the Paris Olympics, which shall be his huge aim within the second half of the season together with the US Open in late August.
Throughout the press convention, Nole defined the variations with final 12 months’s remaining: “Clearly I felt higher final 12 months. I began 6-1. It was first Wimbledon remaining for him. For me it was ninth. I felt like I had the higher begin. Had a set level. Missed a comparatively straightforward backhand within the rally within the second set tiebreak, 5-1 that set. Possibly issues could possibly be fairly totally different in the long run of the match. Once more, I misplaced in an epic five-set match that we went toe-to-toe. This 12 months it was nothing like that. It was all about him. He was the dominant drive on the court docket and deserved to win.”
It won’t be straightforward for Djokovic to win one other Grand Slam title, additionally as a result of there are extra gamers on the arduous court docket who can beat him.
