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Tennis star player Novak Djokovic has gone through a mixed campaign in 2024. It was for the first time since 2017 that the 37-year-old tennis legend star failed to win any Grand Slam title in 2024. However, the Serbian will remember 2024 for all the right reasons after completing his trophy cabinet. The star player finally managed to win a gold medal in the Paris Olympics 2024 after thwarting Carlos Alcaraz in the final game in the singles category with a score of 7-6, 7-6.
Since grabbing the win, there have been speculations about when Djokovic will take the retirement from the game after Nadal and Federer announced their retirement. Those speculations intensified after the retirement of his two rivals, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, this year. However, former world number four Tomas Berdych has expressed his opinion about Djokovic's decision to continue playing the game despite most of his teammates getting retired already.
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It would be history if he wins the 25th Grand Slam, which is why I think Novak is still playing. Tomas
The 39-year-old tennis player believed that the former world number one has decided to continue playing the game because he feels that he can compete. Tomas feels that one thing that motivated Djokovic to not announce his retirement is his hunger to win the 25th Grand Slam title.
“Of course, it is sad to see the guys having to stop their careers, but you know it’s going to happen, and it’s impossible for them to play forever,” he said. “But when you look at their achievements, I totally get why they were trying to really push it because you never know what might happen. Maybe Roger [Federer] would add one more slam or Rafa [Nadal] would add one more. It would be history if he wins the 25th Grand Slam, which is why I think Novak is still playing.
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