Novak Djokovic will play the Brisbane Worldwide subsequent week and it’ll instantly be a really helpful check to know the situation of the Serbian legend. The previous world No. 1 has not performed an official event since October, when he reached the ultimate of the Rolex Shanghai Masters shedding to Jannik Sinner in entrance of Swiss legend Roger Federer.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion has chosen to begin his season early, wanting to complete in high form on the Australian Open (scheduled for January 12-26 at Melbourne Park). The 37-year-old from Belgrade desires to win one other Main title subsequent 12 months and is intent on giving his greatest to realize this aim.
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The present world quantity 7 is aware of that the Glad Slam represents maybe his greatest likelihood along with the Wimbledon Championships, whereas he can have fewer probabilities in Paris and New York. At virtually 38 years outdated, Nole reiterated that tennis remains to be a precedence for him and that he’s not afraid to face opponents a lot youthful than him.
The reference is to Sinner and Carlitos Alcaraz, who’ve dominated the lads’s tour over the previous 12 months by successful each Grand Slam event. Novak is aware of the circumstances of the Australian Open very effectively, it’s the Main event he has received essentially the most ever and he’ll have the ability to depend on the valuable assist of Andy Murray.
The three-time Grand Slam champion shall be his coach in Australia and the collaboration between these two legends has aroused nice curiosity from everybody. The main points of their partnership are usually not identified nor how lengthy it’ll final, however it’s clear that Nole’s end result on the Australian Open will already be crucial for the way forward for this ‘couple’. The previous Scottish champion will not be anticipated to be current in Brisbane, however he’ll be a part of Djokovic straight in Melbourne to begin making ready for the Glad Slam collectively.
A severe collaboration
In an extended interview with ‘Express Sport’, former French ace Jeremy Chardy revealed how lengthy the collaboration between Nole and Andy will final: “For me, they will go for the full year on the big tournaments and if it’s going well they will continue.
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When you’re an athlete, you know that nothing is magical, so it’s not because Andy is coming that it’s going to change everything, but we need six months to start to see improvement and to be able to do some work.”
He additionally added: “It’s not magical, it’s a process, you need to believe in the process, believe in the direction you are taking. If they have decided to work together, it means they believe they can do something really good together.
I’m not really surprised because I think the only goal of Djokovic is to win another Grand Slam and I think Andy is one of the best in tactics and I think he took him to try to find a way to win against the best players like Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, and to work on that.
It’s very serious. Djokovic is not here to have fun. He will play less tournaments because he starts to get older, physically it will be more difficult for him, but I’m sure he’s going to prepare to be at the peak at every Grand Slam and if he has Andy in his team, he’s 100 per cent sure he will help him.
You want to compete, you want to play, you want to win and once you lose this passion, you stop playing, you don’t play for fun. Especially when you’re a legend like Djokovic, and the same for Andy. You don’t go to coach Novak just for fun or to not try to help him.”
Nole has accomplished the puzzle
The previous world No.1 remains to be not glad regardless of all his successes and 2025 could possibly be his final likelihood to make tennis historical past. The 37-year-old from Belgrade accomplished his private puzzle final 12 months by successful the gold medal on the Paris Olympics, the final ‘trophy’ he was nonetheless lacking and had been chasing all through his profession.
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The Serbian legend admitted that he has misplaced some motivation in current months, a sense that has change into obvious particularly in second-tier tournaments. Djokovic has promised that he’ll play extra tournaments in 2025, having understood that he wants extra tempo to have the ability to be 100% in essentially the most prestigious occasions on the calendar.
For instance, the 24-time Grand Slam champion’s participation within the prestigious Doha ATP 500 in February has already been introduced. This determination can be attributable to the truth that Nole has lately signed a brand new partnership with Qatar Airways.
