“The 25th Grand Slam doesn’t feel too far away” : Laura Robson on Novak Djokovic’s chances of winning the US Open
Novak Djokovic is currently the happiest man in tennis. After achieving his lifelong dream of winning gold for his country in the most recent Paris Olympics, the Serbian declared a well-deserved break for himself and withdrew from the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments held in Montreal and Cincinnati.
The 37-year-old, after many failures in the Olympics finally earned glory by defeating the newest poster boy in town, Carlos Alcaraz in a modern classic. Both of them were vividly emotional after the match for different reasons, which truly showed the stakes that are held in the highest level of sports.
Novak Djokovic has been receiving ‘GOAT’ shouts from fans and media after completing the ‘Golden Slam’ and essentially achieving each and every accolade possible in tennis. But due to this, some fans have doubt on whether or not the Serbian has the passion left to go for his 25th Grand Slam title, in winning the 2024 US Open.
“We know he can win it!” : Laura Robson has faith over veteran’s abilities
Former WTA player Laura Robson recently opened up about Novak Djokovic’s Olympic run and described it as ‘inspiring’. She also spoke about Nole’s chances at the US Open but explained how it would be challenging due to his recent triumph and whether or not the Serb can continue his good run in form.
“The 25th Grand Slam doesn’t feel too far away for Novak, but he’s on a well-earned break and I think we will need to see if he even wants to show up at the US Open… he’s achieved something that he’s described as the pinnacle of his sporting career, so I think it’s quite hard to reset after that., said the former British no.1 during an interview with Sky Sports.
“We know he can win it! We absolutely know he can do it, but whether he wants to come back so soon is the challenge. How can anything live up to that moment of winning the medal you’ve always wanted? Then to see his homecoming in Serbia and to see the reaction that he’s had from the public. It will be tough to arrive in New York raring to go!” the Briton concluded.
If history has taught us anything, Novak Djokovic will not feel out of form coming into the US Open, as the Serb also took a break from ATP Masters tours in 2021 in order to feel fresh for the US Open, and ended up winning the whole thing.
The Serbian will be hoping for a title defence in order to achieve the record breaking 25th Grand Slam, one more than Margaret Court, and also join in the category of most US Open titles in history. Standing once again his way would be the two favorites, world no.1 Jannik Sinner who just won the Cincinnati Open, and one of his great rivals in Carlos Alcaraz.
