Novak Djokovic’s season struggled to show, and his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz within the 2024 Wimbledon Championships last left him doubtful. At 37, the 24-time Grand Slam champion might have begun his descending parable. Nole has not gained any titles in 2024 to date and has suffered a number of sudden defeats in current months. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are topping in Novak in the mean time, as the previous world #1 admitted throughout the post-Wimbledon press convention.
The veteran from Belgrade will attempt to take revenge on the Paris Olympics – which can happen on the purple clay of the French Open on the finish of this month – however is not going to begin favored within the battle for the gold medal. Regardless of having an in depth connection together with his nation, Nole by no means gained the gold medal on the Olympics. In Rio 2016 he was defeated in his debut by a fantastic Juan Martin del Potro, whereas in Tokyo 2021 he was reassembled by Sascha Zverev within the semifinal.
Final month, Novak had surgical procedure on his knee as a consequence of an harm suffered throughout the match in opposition to Francisco Cerundolo on the French Open. The Serbian was not on high kind at Wimbledon, however reached his tenth last on the Championships due to a easy draw. Novak Djokovic should defend many factors within the coming months as a result of final 12 months he gained the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati, the US Open, the Masters 1000 in Paris-Bercy and the ATP Finals in Turin (he defeated Carlos Alcaraz within the semifinal and Jannik Sinner within the last).
Nole will play the Davis Cup
In the meantime, it was introduced that the 24-time Grand Slam champion will play the Davis Cup tie in opposition to Greece which can happen in Belgrade on 14th and fifteenth September (simply after the US Open). Nole had tried to steer his nation to victory within the Davis Cup final 12 months, however Serbia had been defeated by Italy within the semifinals (Djokovic wasted three match factors in opposition to Sinner in that circumstance).
Just lately, Serbian tennis analyst Sasa Ozmo commented on Djokovic’s present standing: “Like Novak stated, he’s at all times risen within the face of adversity. So let’s see. Two large objectives for him till the top of the season Olympics and New York. Excellent news is that he performed his first last this season. Clearly, he’s not on the degree Sinner and Alcaraz are in the mean time, however he’s been identified to show doubters improper time and time once more. So I suppose he’ll most likely do it this time as properly, though he’s 37.”
Djokovic goals for the US Open
Up to now few hours, the entry record of the US Open 2024 (final Grand Slam of the 2024 season) has been launched. Nole should defend his title and there can even be Rafael Nadal, who benefited from the protected rating.
2024 US Open entry record:
Jannik Sinner
Novak Djokovic
Carlos Alcaraz
Alexander Zverev
Daniil Medvedev
Alex de Minaur
Hubert Hurkacz
Andrey Rublev
Casper Ruud
Grigor Dimitrov
Taylor Fritz
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Tommy Paul
Ben Shelton
Ugo Humbert
Lorenzo Musetti
Holger Rune
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Sebastian Baez
Alejandro Tabilo
Karen Khachanov
Sebastian Korda
Nicolas Jarry
Alexander Bublik
Adrian Mannarino
Jack Draper
Tallon Griekspoor
Arthur Fils
Jiri Lehecka
Frances Tiafoe
Gael Monfils
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Francisco Cerundolo
Zhizhen Zhang
Luciano Darderi
Mariano Navone
Jan-Lennard Struff
Tomas Machac
Matteo Arnaldi
Jordan Thompson
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Cameron Norrie
Alexei Popyrin
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Fabian Marozsan
Marcos Giron
Miomir Kecmanovic
Flavio Cobolli
Pedro Martinez
Sebastian Ofner
Nuno Borges
Lorenzo Sonego
Brandon Nakashima
Roberto Carballes Baena
Dusan Lajovic
Alexander Shevchenko
Laslo Djere
Daniel Evans
Jaume Munar
Pavel Kotov
Alex Michelsen
Dominik Koepfer
Corentin Moutet
Max Purcell
Aleksandar Vukic
Arthur Rinderknech
Roman Safiullin
Sumit Nagal
Federico Coria
Emil Ruusuvuori
Daniel Altmaier
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Zizou Bergs
Rinky Hijikata
Roberto Bautista Agut
Luca Nardi
Facundo Diaz Acosta
James Duckworth
Jakub Mensik
Fabio Fognini
Hugo Gaston
Matteo Berrettini
Marton Fucsovics
Borna Coric
Thiago Monteiro
Yoshihito Nishioka
Botic van de Zandschulp
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Juncheng Shang
Taro Daniel
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Arthur Cazaux
Christopher O’Connell
Fixed Lestienne
Adam Walton
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
David Goffin
Pablo Carreno Busta
Rafael Nadal
Denis Shapovalov (protected rating)
Reilly Opelka (protected rating)
Soonwoo Kwon (protected rating)
Dominic Stricker (protected rating)
If he doesn’t increase his taking part in degree, Nole Djokovic may have a tough time successful his 25-time Main and surpassing Margaret Court docket within the all-time standings. The 37-year-old from Belgrade had a fluctuating efficiency in New York throughout his profession, having gained the title 4 occasions however shedding 6 finals. An odd reality contemplating that Novak gained the Australian Open for a complete of ten occasions.