.Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ETLESS THAN pair of hours after his dreadful reduction in the Wimbledon ultimate, Novak Djokovic was already laser-focused on the remainder of the season.Djokovic, 37, had only been actually beat by Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4 ), his aspirations for a record-breaking 25th major name delayed. However it was clear he was attempting to go on as promptly as he could when he spoke to press reporters at his press conference later on that mid-day." Well, the Olympic Games and also US Open are the 2 major objectives for the rest of the year for me definitely," Djokovic said. "I am actually hoping I may be at my absolute best [for] those pair of events. That is actually all I can state at this moment." Editor's Picks2 RelatedDjokovic's solution should hardly happen as an unpleasant surprise considering his virtually unequaled profession which he is actually the speaking up for champion at the US Open. However he possesses never pretty possessed the very same success at the Olympics. He enters his 5th Gamings along with simply one award-- a songs bronze in 2008. Therefore today, pair of full weeks after his disappointing surface at Wimbledon, Djokovic is back in Paris for what might be his last Video games, along with his eyes set on the one point that has actually shunned him throughout his famous profession: Olympic gold.Djokovic opened up dip into Roland Garros on Saturday with an effective 6-0, 6-1 success over Matthew Ebden. He will definitely next off play acquainted foe Rafael Nadal in the 2nd shot in chances of getting one step better to his goal." [It's therefore special to be] aspect of the earliest sporting activities event in the history of sporting activity," Djokovic told the International Tennis Federation in May. "Naturally gaining a gold medal or even gaining any sort of medal for my nation is a wonderful want and also wish. It is just one of [my] greatest priorities and also objectives for [this] time, there is actually clear regarding that." THERE'S BIT ELSE Djokovic hasn't achieved in tennis.Since turning professional in 2003, Djokovic has gained the Australian Open 10 opportunities (the absolute most through any player in the Open age), and also is a seven-time Wimbledon champion, four-time United States Open champion and also three-time French Open champion. He is actually tied with Margaret Courtroom for the most significant single people titles in the sporting activity's past, and he possesses the most in the Open era.Djokovic has won 98 profession single people headlines (as well as one in doubles) and has actually stored the globe No. 1 rank for a mixed 428 full weeks-- another track record. Djokovic also led Serbia to its very first as well as simply Davis Mug headline in Belgrade in 2010, something that he later contacted "the very best feeling I ever invited my lifestyle as a tennis gamer." Yet while he's regularly mentioned just how much it indicates to him to be capable to exemplify his country and the amount of he delights in the take in of the Olympic Video games, he is actually simply certainly never had the capacity to translate his common supremacy to sport's biggest stage.Djokovic gained the bronze in 2008-- his only Olympic award. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaDuring his Olympic launching in 2008 in Beijing, Djokovic was actually the No. 3 seed, behind Roger Federer and also Nadal. Playing in a best-of-three-sets format-- a marked variation than the best-of-five-sets used by males in Grand Slams-- Djokovic spun by means of the draw until Nadal, the eventual gold medalist, 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, who had actually won his first major name previously that period in Melbourne, could not hide his enjoyment after the complement." [I'm] quite happy. I indicate, to win any sort of award in the Olympics is actually a massive accomplishment for any type of athlete I believe," Djokovic mentioned. "Not many of the professional athletes obtain an odds to succeed a medal. But also for me, this bronze, which I succeeded here, radiates like a gold because I believe I've played pretty good tennis all tournament." Djokovic likewise participated in doubles alongside Nenad Zimonjic, however both lost in the initial round.In 2012, Djokovic, then a five-time Bang champion, was named Serbia's flag-bearer for the position service. He defined it as "an out-of-body expertise" as well as a "massive delight as well as responsibility and also tribute." The competition was held at Wimbledon, where he had gained the headline the year before, however Djokovic lost to eventual gold champion Andy Murray in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal match he was up to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. Djokovic shed once more in the preliminary of doubles, this time with Viktor Troicki.Djokovic's loss in the semifinals at the 2021 Olympics was especially irritating, due to the fact that he had actually gained all three major headlines held that year. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFour years later the hard court of law in Rio, Djokovic was actually the top seed (as well as now a 12-time significant champion) however he was actually stunned by Del Potro in the preliminary. Djokovic as well as Zimonjic shed in the 2nd around of doubles.But no reduction hurt more difficult than in 2021. Completing in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, Djokovic arrived after succeeding all 3 of the year's Bangs. He got on a pursuit to sign up with merely Steffi Graf in 1988 as the only ping pong players in background to accomplish the "Golden Slam"-- all four major titles and an Olympic single people gold in the exact same season.But in the semifinals-- yet once more-- Djokovic had his goals shattered through eventual gold champion Alexander Zverev. He had actually conveniently taken the first set 6-1 but at that point won only 4 video games in the ultimate two collections. Things evened the score worse in the bronze medal match against Pablo Carreno Busta as Djokovic had a hard time to handle his emotional states, and misused his racket on several celebrations. He shed the match 6-4, 6-7 (6 ), 6-3, and then took out coming from the combined increases bronze-medal match (along with Nina Stojanovic), slated to start later that exact same time, citing a left shoulder injury. He had participated in seven suits in 4 days across attracts and also it appeared it had all reached him." I participated in under medicines, extraordinary discomfort as well as exhaustion," Djokovic said.He never managed to acquire his season completely back on the right track as well as shed in the final of the United States Open full weeks later on to Daniil Medvedev, foiling his fine-tuned target of the calendar Grand Slam." [It] was also [an] emotionally incredibly asking for time period for me in the last five, 6 months," Djokovic stated after the reduction. "Bangs and Olympics ... Every little thing was actually converging for me right here and also kind of accumulating all the emotional states that I have actually been with. Regrettably I didn't create it in the last action." DJOKOVIC NOW RETURNS to the Olympics in a substantially different position than he resided in three years earlier. Not only has he yet to win a Bang this season, but he's yet to succeed a title of any sort of kind. It's his worst start to a period due to the fact that 2006. While he claimed he possesses no strategies to retire, he understands time is actually going out. He is going to be 41 when the 2028 Olympics begin.And going back to Roland Garros, the website of the French Open and the Olympic competition, might additionally prove difficult. He hurt his leg throughout the French Open in June as well as was actually pushed to take out in advance of his quarterfinal suit. He undertook surgery for a torn medial curve in his correct leg on June 5, in the beginning leaving his condition for Wimbledon in doubt.Djokovic dropped to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon in the final previously this month, and in 2023. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthMany hypothesized he will neglect the grass-court competition to concentrate on his rehabilitation, and also proceed training on clay-based in front of the Olympics. Yet Djokovic reached the All of England Club a week just before the main draw began. After numerous effective as well as pain-free strategies, he played and went over throughout his run, revealing few indications of discomfort or even hampered action." If a person informed me I will participate in [in the] Wimbledon ultimate three, four weeks ago, I will take it for sure," he said.Djokovic and his peers have actually must rapidly readjust to the red clay-based after investing recent month on turf. The surface areas could not be actually even more various-- the clay is actually significantly slower than the turf-- and the means gamers move on the courthouse is actually as well. It will definitely be complicated for also those without physical health problems or even accidents. Possibly in part as a result of this, Djokovic is going to merely be playing in single people at these Games.But while Djokovic seemed to be tired and also a little dejected after the Wimbledon ultimate, he was actually certainly not hindered." Let's find exactly how physically and psychologically I am actually visiting feel. Hopefully I can find the ideal ping pong since I'm heading to need to have all I possess and additional to head to the final of the Olympic Games.".