Novak Djokovic says Wimbledon greatest shot at successful document twenty fifth Grand Slam as he targets eighth title at All England Membership | Tennis Information
Novak Djokovic feels Wimbledon may very well be his greatest likelihood of including a document twenty fifth Grand Slam title to his glittering CV.
The 38-year-old is bidding for his eighth title at this occasion – if profitable he would match Roger Federer’s document – and first Grand Slam victory since successful the US Open in September 2023.
Djokovic has solely gone past the semi-finals as soon as in six majors since that triumph in New York, when he misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz within the Wimbledon last for the second yr operating.
Djokovic has received seven Wimbledon titles and 24 Grand Slams in complete
Talking forward of this yr’s match on the All England Membership, at which Djokovic will play France’s Alexandre Muller within the first spherical, the previous world No 1 mentioned: “I might in all probability agree Wimbledon may very well be the perfect likelihood (of a twenty fifth Grand Slam).
“Due to the outcomes I’ve had, due to how I really feel, how I play in Wimbledon – getting that additional push mentally and motivation to carry out the perfect tennis on the highest stage.
“Whether or not it may very well be my final dance, I am unsure, as I am unsure about Roland Garros [the French Open] or some other slam that I play subsequent.
“My want is to play for a number of extra years, I might like to be wholesome bodily and in addition mentally motivated to maintain on enjoying on the highest stage.
“That is the objective, however you by no means know at this stage.”
Djokovic will play France’s Alexandre Muller within the first spherical at Wimbledon
‘I am attempting to play the perfect tennis in Grand Slams’
Djokovic, who’s now ranked sixth on the earth, added: “I might say it is barely totally different for me now by way of I do not chase the rankings anymore in that regard.
“I am attempting to play the perfect tennis in Grand Slams and attempting to win Grand Slams. That hasn’t modified.
“Regardless that my stage of tennis has been going fairly up and down and fluctuating way more than it was the case for essentially the most a part of my profession – when you see the final yr and a half I have been form of unstable with my outcomes – at Grand Slams it stays fairly constant.
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Highlights of this yr’s Geneva Open last as Djokovic beat Hubert Hurkacz to say his one hundredth ATP title
“That is good. That is signal as a result of that is precisely what I would like. These tournaments give me the most important drive nonetheless.
“This yr I performed two [Grand Slam] semi-finals. Sadly in Australia I needed to retire, in Roland Garros I used to be outplayed by Jannik Sinner.
“I believe I nonetheless performed an honest stage of tennis that confirmed me that I can nonetheless play on a really excessive stage on the later phases.
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