Novak Djokovic targets elusive gold medal at Paris Olympics

FILE PHOTO:  Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Novak Djokovic mentioned he’s already trying ahead to subsequent 12 months’s Olympic Video games in Paris, as he seeks to win a gold medal that has to date eluded him in an in any other case glittering profession.

World primary Djokovic received a bronze medal in Beijing 2008 however has been unable to construct on that in 2012, 2016 and 2021. The Serbian mentioned he hopes to be match and wholesome for subsequent 12 months’s showpiece, by which era he might be 37.

The tennis competitors at Paris 2024 might be held on the claycourts of Roland Garros the place Djokovic has received two of his 22 Grand Slam titles — in 2016 and 2021.

“I sit up for the Olympics,” Djokovic instructed reporters after beating Tallon Griekspoor in Dubai on Wednesday. “I hope I’ll have the ability to play wholesome for subsequent 12 months in Paris.

“It’s going to be performed on clay at Roland Garros, so I’m acquainted with these grounds. I hope the most effective Olympic consequence for me will come there.”

Australian Open champion Djokovic is right into a record-breaking 378th week at primary after surpassing Steffi Graf and mentioned he was hungry for extra data and success.

“I all the time attempt to be very clear with myself what the objectives are, what I need from aggressive tennis,” Djokovic mentioned.

“That is the best way I’ve been introduced up and taught by among the key folks in my life, together with my mother and father, and among the coaches I had early on.

“This sort of mentality helped me to all the time be so dedicated to the sport. I all the time remind myself it’s the willpower, the will to succeed that’s a necessary ingredient in the entire components.”

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