Practically Totally Match, Djokovic Units Sights On Doha Milestone

By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow  | Monday, February 10, 2025

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A leg muscle tear ended Novak Djokovic‘s Australian Open quest.

It hasn’t harm his starvation for historical past.

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Grand Slam king Djokovic experiences he’s almost “one hundred pc healed” from the muscle tear in his left leg that compelled his retirement from final month’s Australian Open semifinals.

Now, Djokovic goals to realize historical past in Doha subsequent week by capturing his a hundredth profession championship.

In a brand new interview with newspaper Vijesti, Djokovic delivered his mission assertion: “I hope that my a hundredth Practically Totally Match, Djokovic Units Sights On Doha Milestone trophy can are available in Doha.”

“I’ve the inexperienced mild from the medical crew to have the ability to practice, to have the ability to put together,” Djokovic instructed Vijesti. “The event in Doha is scheduled for every week now, so I’m sticking to the schedule.

“Thank God, I managed to recuperate shortly. “I’ve had just a few extra accidents recently than I did within the first 15 years of my profession. That in all probability comes with age, however my physique nonetheless listens to me, the flame and need for achievement and new achievements nonetheless burns in me.”

The 37-year-old Serbian famous person received back-to-back Doha titles in 2016 and 2017.

A well-liked presence within the Center East, Djokovic is taking part in for his a hundredth profession crown and first championship since he out-dueled Carlos Alcaraz in a dramatic Olympic closing to say his maiden Olympic gold medal for Serbia.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic bowed to Alcaraz within the Wimbledon closing final July then misplaced to Jannik Sinner within the Shanghai closing in October.

Djokovic, who turns 38 on Might twenty second, mentioned he is pushed to achieve the century mark in Doha.  

“I hope that the a hundredth trophy can come already in Doha, I have been chasing it for a very long time, since October final 12 months, however about that—it would come when it is supposed to return,” Djokovic mentioned. “I do know it would come, we’ll see when and the place.”

Corridor of Famer Jimmy Connors holds the ATP Open Period file with 109 titles. Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is second on the lads’s Open Period title listing with 103 profession championships.