By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday June 28, 2025
He’s 38. He’s accomplished all the things there’s to do within the sport. Properly, nearly all the things…
Novak Djokovic doesn’t stand atop the all-time Wimbledon males’s singles titles checklist, and he isn’t the oldest man to ever win a serious singles title. If he can someway discover a option to be the final man standing on the finish of this Wimbledon fortnight, he might add just a few choose chapters to his voluminous legacy.
At Wimbledon, most agree that it’s Djokovic’s finest likelihood. The Serbian legend himself mentioned so on Saturday throughout his pre-tournament media convention. Possibly it’s even his final likelihood?
“I might in all probability agree that Wimbledon could possibly be one of the best likelihood [for a 25th Grand Slam title] due to the outcomes I’ve had, due to how I really feel, how I play in Wimbledon, simply getting that further push mentally and motivation to carry out one of the best tennis on the highest degree,” he mentioned.
Djokovic, who enters these Championships with a 97-12 document on his hallowed Wimbledon grass, hopes it isn’t his final dance at Wimbledon, however he admits it’s a chance.
“Whether or not it could possibly be my final dance, I am unsure,” he mentioned. “My want is to play for a number of extra years. I might like to be wholesome bodily and likewise mentally motivated to maintain on taking part in on the highest degree. That is the objective, however you by no means know at this stage.”
Djokovic has been defeated within the last by Carlos Alcaraz in successive years, in 5 units in 2023 and in straight units final yr.
He hopes that his kind on the majors means he’ll be capable to discover his approach again to a different last, and possibly even win it.
Grand Slams keep fairly constant, quarters or semi-finals apart from the US Open. That is a superb signal. These tournaments give me the largest drive nonetheless. Australia and at Roland-Garros confirmed me that I can nonetheless play on a really excessive degree on the later phases.”
Djokovic will face France’s Alexandre Muller within the first spherical at Wimbledon.
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