.Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ETLESS THAN pair of hours after his damaging reduction in the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic was actually currently laser-focused on the remainder of the season.Djokovic, 37, had actually just been actually defeated by Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4 ), his aspirations for a record-breaking 25th significant name held off. But it was actually clear he was actually making an effort to move on as rapidly as he could when he talked to press reporters at his news conference later that afternoon." Well, the Olympic Gamings and also US Open are the 2 large objectives for the remainder of the year for me truly," Djokovic pointed out. "I am actually hoping I can be at my greatest [for] those pair of competitions. That is actually all I can easily point out at the moment." Editor's Picks2 RelatedDjokovic's answer need to barely happen as an unpleasant surprise considering his basically unrivaled career which he is actually the speaking up for champion at the US Open. However he possesses never ever very possessed the exact same effectiveness at the Olympics. He enters his 5th Gamings along with just one medal-- a songs bronze in 2008. So now, two weeks after his unsatisfactory finish at Wimbledon, Djokovic is back in Paris wherefore could be his ultimate Games, with his eyes bented on the one point that has avoided him throughout his historical occupation: Olympic gold.Djokovic opened up dip into Roland Garros on Sunday along with an effective 6-0, 6-1 success over Matthew Ebden. He will definitely next off play acquainted adversary Rafael Nadal in the 2nd shot in hopes of obtaining one step better to his goal." [It is actually thus exclusive to be] component of the earliest sports activity in the history of sport," Djokovic said to the International Ping pong Federation in May. "Obviously gaining a gold award or succeeding any type of medal for my country is a terrific want and also dream. It is just one of [my] greatest concerns as well as targets for [this] season, there is actually no secret regarding that." THERE'S MINIMAL ELSE Djokovic hasn't achieved in tennis.Since switching expert in 2003, Djokovic has actually won the Australian Open 10 times (the absolute most through any player outdoors time), and also is a seven-time Wimbledon champ, four-time US Open champion and also three-time French Open champion. He is actually tied along with Margaret Courthouse for the very most primary singles titles in the sport's past history, and also he possesses the best outdoors era.Djokovic has actually gained 98 career songs headlines (and also one in multiplies) and has actually stored the planet No. 1 ranking for a mixed 428 weeks-- one more track record. Djokovic even led Serbia to its own very first and also simply Davis Mug title in Belgrade in 2010, one thing that he later got in touch with "the most ideal emotion I ever invited my life as a ping pong gamer." However while he's constantly spoken about just how much it implies to him to become capable to exemplify his country as well as just how much he delights in the take in of the Olympic Gamings, he is actually just never managed to convert his regular dominance to sport's largest stage.Djokovic won the bronze in 2008-- his lone Olympic award. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaDuring his Olympic launching in 2008 in Beijing, Djokovic was actually the No. 3 seed, responsible for Roger Federer as well as Nadal. Playing in a best-of-three-sets style-- a marked distinction than the best-of-five-sets made use of by guys in Grand Slams-- Djokovic spun by means of the draw until Nadal, the ultimate gold champion, defeated him in the semifinals 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. In the bronze award fit, Djokovic bested James Blake 6-3, 7-6 (4 ). Djokovic, that had won his 1st major title previously that season in Melbourne, couldn't conceal his excitement after the fit." [I'm] quite satisfied. I indicate, to gain any sort of award in the Olympics is actually a massive achievement for any kind of sportsmen I believe," Djokovic mentioned. "Very few of the sportsmens obtain a possibility to succeed a medal. But also for me, this bronze, which I gained here, beams like a gold given that I assume I have actually participated in good tennis all tournament." Djokovic likewise played doubles alongside Nenad Zimonjic, yet both lost in the initial round.In 2012, Djokovic, after that a five-time Slam champ, was named Serbia's flag-bearer for the opening ceremony. He explained it as "an out-of-body experience" and also a "substantial satisfaction and also duty and also respect." The competitors was held at Wimbledon, where he had gained the title the year before, yet Djokovic shed to possible gold champion Andy Murray in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal match he was up to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. Djokovic lost once more in the first round of multiplies, this moment along with Viktor Troicki.Djokovic's reduction in the semifinals at the 2021 Olympics was actually specifically discouraging, because he had won all 3 major titles had that year. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFour years in the future the tough court in Rio, Djokovic was the top seed (and also right now a 12-time major champion) however he was actually stunned by Del Potro in the first round. Djokovic and also Zimonjic shed in the 2nd round of doubles.But no loss hurt harder than in 2021. Competing in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Video games, Djokovic showed up after gaining all 3 of the year's Bangs. He got on a quest to sign up with just Steffi Graf in 1988 as the only ping pong gamers in history to attain the "Golden Bang"-- all 4 primary labels as well as an Olympic single people gold in the exact same season.But in the semifinals-- yet again-- Djokovic had his dreams shattered through ultimate gold champion Alexander Zverev. He had quickly taken the initial collection 6-1 but at that point gained simply four video games in the last two collections. Points got back at worse in the bronze award fit versus Pablo Carreno Busta as Djokovic had a hard time to handle his feelings, as well as misused his racket on multiple celebrations. He shed the complement 6-4, 6-7 (6 ), 6-3, and after that removed from the mixed doubles bronze-medal complement (along with Nina Stojanovic), slated to start later that very same day, citing a nigh side shoulder personal injury. He had played seven fits in 4 times all over attracts and it seemed it had actually all reached him." I played under medications, astounding discomfort and fatigue," Djokovic said.He never managed to acquire his time entirely back on course as well as dropped in the last of the US Open full weeks later on to Daniil Medvedev, foiling his altered goal of the schedule Conquest." [It] was likewise [an] mentally quite demanding time frame for me in the final 5, 6 months," Djokovic stated after the loss. "Slams as well as Olympics ... Everything was collaborating for me below as well as kind of gathering all the emotions that I have actually been with. Regrettably I didn't make it in the last step." DJOKOVIC NOW RETURNS to the Olympics in a substantially different setting than he resided in three years earlier. Not simply possesses he as yet to succeed a Slam this time, but he's yet to succeed a label of any type of kind. It's his worst beginning to a time given that 2006. While he claimed he has no strategies to resign, he knows opportunity is actually ending. He is going to be actually 41 when the 2028 Olympics begin.And returning to Roland Garros, the website of the French Open and the Olympic competition, can likewise verify difficult. He wounded his leg in the course of the French Open in June and was pushed to remove before his quarterfinal match. He undertook surgery for a torn medial crescent in his correct leg on June 5, in the beginning leaving his condition for Wimbledon in doubt.Djokovic shed to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon in the final previously this month, as well as in 2023. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthMany speculated he would certainly leave out the grass-court competition to concentrate on his rehab, and carry on instruction on clay-based in advance of the Olympics. Yet Djokovic came to the All of England Club a full week before the main draw began. After many successful as well as pain-free strategies, he played and went over throughout his run, showing handful of indications of soreness or hindered activity." If a person informed me I will play [in the] Wimbledon final three, four weeks ago, I will take it for sure," he said.Djokovic and his peers have actually must swiftly alter to the red clay after devoting recent month on yard. The surfaces couldn't be actually even more various-- the clay is actually substantially slower than the lawn-- and also the method players go on the courthouse is actually at the same time. It will definitely be actually difficult for even those without any physical health problems or personal injuries. Maybe in part due to this, Djokovic is going to only be playing in singles at these Games.But while Djokovic appeared exhausted and slightly dejected after the Wimbledon last, he was not hindered." Permit's view how actually as well as psychologically I am actually visiting really feel. Perhaps I can find the correct tennis because I am actually mosting likely to require all I possess and also additional to head to the ultimate of the Olympic Games.".