Novak Djokovic stood one win clear of being the primary ever participant, male or feminine, to succeed in the remarkable mark of a twenty fourth Grand Slam within the Open Era, going previous the mythical Serena Williams, when she headed for the Wimbledon 2023 ultimate. Margaret Court stays the one participant ever to have held the tally of 24 Majors, even though she reached the mark with Slam wins within the Amateur and Open Era. However, Djokovic used to be surprised within the ultimate final week at SW19 through Carlos Alcaraz which sooner or later noticed him best an undesirable chart in Grand Slam historical past. Going through the stat, a journalist savaged the Serb with a brutal publish sooner than being blasted through the participant’s father.
This defeat used to be Djokovic’s twelfth in a Grand Slam ultimate, probably the most amongst any participant in males’s singles tennis. He went previous Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl, either one of whom have 11 such defeats of their careers.
The stat noticed a Montenegrin journalist Nebojsa Sofranac took to Facebook to ridicule Djokovic calling him the “Loser Of All Time”. He posted: What did you do to him, Carlitos? So many unlawful loopy volleys, slices and bombs that are supposed to be banned. And to inflame such a lot anger amongst lumberjacks who do not even understand how to depend video games, however know sufficient to curse a 20-year-old boy who amazed the sector? How many shepherds will prevent observing tennis and cry in anguish on my wall? The Spaniard has given Novak a brand new nickname. LOAT, as many as 12 misplaced finals, probably the most within the Open Era, he’s the ‘loser of all instances’.”
Djokovic’s father was asked about the brutal comment in a recent interview with Republika and he blasted the journalist. “May God lend a hand that guy. If he may also be helped, and if he actually way the entirety he wrote,” he said.
Djokovic eyes US Open return
Putting the Wimbledon loss behind, the 36-year-old looks ahead to US Open where he will be returning for the first time since 2021 having missed the last edition owing his stance over Covid vaccination which stood against the rules of the US government for international travellers. In fact, he had missed the hard court events as well last year owing to the restrictions. But with the government easing the rule from May 11 onwards, Djokovic will keep his hopes of a 24th Major alive.
“I keep on going with the same resolution, with a big desire and fresh goals – the US Open and Davis Cup are the most important competitions for me until the end of this year,” he told Serbian outlet Sport Klub.
“I hope to stay healthy, motivated, ready, strong – so that I can fight for another Grand Slam title. Am looking forward to coming back to New York. Through my career, I’ve played my best on hard courts, although grass has become my favorite surface too in the last five-six years. But overall, considering tournaments where I’ve been most successful – it’s hard courts.
“I’ve played a lot of finals in New York (record 3-5 in those finals). I lost the last one to Medvedev, but I received a lot of love from the crowd, which wasn’t the case in the past. I left New York with that image in my head, so I’m really looking forward to going back.”