After winning in straight sets over Tallon Griekspoor on Wednesday to reach his 13th quarter-final in Dubai in as many appearances, Novak Djokovic was asked regarding his ambitions for the Olympics in Paris next year. And they are big.
“I look forward to this deadline, did he declare. I hope I can play healthy. It will be played on clay at Roland Garros, and I know these courts well (where he won in 2016 and 2021). So I hope the best Olympic result for me will happen there. »
The bronze medal in 2008
The Olympic gold medal has always been denied to the world No. 1, whose best performance at the Games so far dates back to 2008, when he won bronze in singles by beating American James Blake for the small final (he lost to Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals).
In 2012, in London, following being defeated by Andy Murray in the semi-finals, he lost for third place once morest the Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro, who then eliminated him in the first round in Rio in 2016. In Tokyo, in 2021, the Serb had failed for the bronze medal once morest the Spaniard Pablo Carreno-Busta, following being beaten by the German Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals.