.Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ETLESS THAN pair of hours after his disastrous reduction in the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic was actually actually laser-focused on the remainder of the season.Djokovic, 37, had just been actually defeated through Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4 ), his desires for a record-breaking 25th significant name held off. However it was crystal clear he was attempting to proceed as quickly as he might when he spoke to reporters at his news conference later that mid-day." Well, the Olympic Gamings and also US Open are actually the two significant targets for the rest of the year for me really," Djokovic mentioned. "I'm wishing I could be at my finest [for] those two events. That's all I may point out at this moment." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedDjokovic's response should hardly come as an unpleasant surprise considering his essentially unparalleled job and also he is actually the standing up for champion at the US Open. However he has certainly never fairly possessed the exact same effectiveness at the Olympics. He enters his 5th Games with simply one medal-- a single people bronze in 2008. Thus today, 2 full weeks after his unsatisfying appearance at Wimbledon, Djokovic is actually back in Paris wherefore may be his last Video games, along with his eyes set on the a single thing that has shunned him throughout his famous job: Olympic gold.Djokovic opened play at Roland Garros on Sunday along with a persuading 6-0, 6-1 success over Matthew Ebden. He will certainly next off play familiar adversary Rafael Nadal in the second round in hopes of receiving one measure more detailed to his dream." [It's so unique to be] part of the oldest sporting activities activity in the past of sporting activity," Djokovic informed the International Ping pong Alliance in May. "Obviously winning a gold medal or even succeeding any kind of award for my country is actually an excellent dream as well as want. It is just one of [my] greatest top priorities and objectives for [this] time, there is actually no secret regarding that." THERE'S BIT ELSE Djokovic hasn't attained in tennis.Since transforming specialist in 2003, Djokovic has gained the Australian Open 10 opportunities (the most by any sort of player outdoors time), as well as is actually a seven-time Wimbledon champion, four-time US Open champ and three-time French Open champion. He is actually tied with Margaret Courthouse for the most significant songs labels in the sport's background, as well as he possesses the absolute most outdoors era.Djokovic has succeeded 98 job singles headlines (and also one in multiplies) and has kept the globe No. 1 position for a mixed 428 weeks-- one more track record. Djokovic even led Serbia to its first and also merely Davis Mug label in Belgrade in 2010, something that he later got in touch with "the most ideal sensation I ever invited my life as a tennis gamer." Yet while he is actually consistently referred to the amount of it suggests to him to become capable to represent his nation as well as how much he takes pleasure in the encounter of the Olympic Video games, he's just never ever been able to translate his normal authority to sporting activity's greatest stage.Djokovic won the bronze in 2008-- his sole Olympic award. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaDuring his Olympic launching in 2008 in Beijing, Djokovic was the No. 3 seed, behind Roger Federer and Nadal. Playing in a best-of-three-sets format-- a noticeable distinction than the best-of-five-sets utilized by guys in Grand Slams-- Djokovic rolled through the draw till Nadal, the resulting gold champion, defeated him in the semifinals 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. In the bronze medal fit, Djokovic topped James Blake 6-3, 7-6 (4 ). Djokovic, who had gained his initial primary name previously that period in Melbourne, could not conceal his enthusiasm after the suit." [I am actually] extremely satisfied. I mean, to succeed any type of award in the Olympics is actually a huge success for any kind of sportsmen I think," Djokovic stated. "Few of the athletes receive an odds to gain a medal. But also for me, this bronze, which I gained listed below, shines like a gold considering that I presume I've participated in decent tennis all event." Djokovic likewise played doubles along with Nenad Zimonjic, yet the pair dropped in the 1st round.In 2012, Djokovic, at that point a five-time Slam champion, was actually named Serbia's flag-bearer for the opening event. He explained it as "an out-of-body experience" as well as a "significant satisfaction and also accountability as well as respect." The competitors was kept at Wimbledon, where he had gained the label the year just before, however 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 collections. Djokovic dropped once more in the preliminary of increases, this time around with Viktor Troicki.Djokovic's loss in the semifinals at the 2021 Olympics was actually particularly annoying, since he had actually succeeded all three significant labels kept that year. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFour years later the difficult court of law in Rio, Djokovic was the top seed (as well as right now a 12-time primary champion) yet he was actually stunned by Del Potro in the first round. Djokovic and Zimonjic shed in the 2nd round of doubles.But no reduction stung more challenging than in 2021. Competing in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Video games, Djokovic arrived after winning all three of the year's Bangs. He was on a quest to join only Steffi Graf in 1988 as the only ping pong gamers in past history to achieve the "Golden Slam"-- all four significant titles and an Olympic singles gold in the exact same season.But in the semifinals-- yet once more-- Djokovic had his dreams slammed by resulting gold medalist Alexander Zverev. He had actually effortlessly taken the very first set 6-1 yet after that succeeded merely 4 activities in the ultimate two sets. Factors got even worse in the bronze award complement versus Pablo Carreno Busta as Djokovic strained to regulate his emotional states, and also misused his racket on multiple affairs. He dropped the fit 6-4, 6-7 (6 ), 6-3, and afterwards removed coming from the combined increases bronze-medal fit (along with Nina Stojanovic), slated to begin later that same time, presenting a nigh side shoulder injury. He had played seven fits in 4 times all over draws and it seemed it had all reached him." I played under medications, astounding pain and also tiredness," Djokovic said.He never ever was able to acquire his time entirely back on course as well as shed in the last of the United States Open full weeks later to Daniil Medvedev, obstructing his fine-tuned target of the calendar Conquest." [It] was also [an] mentally quite asking for duration for me in the last five, six months," Djokovic stated after the reduction. "Bangs and Olympics ... Everything was actually coming together for me listed below and type of accumulating all the emotional states that I've been via. Unfortunately I didn't create it in the last measure." DJOKOVIC NOW Goes Back To the Olympics in a substantially various posture than he remained in three years earlier. Not merely possesses he as yet to gain a Slam this time, but he is actually yet to succeed a headline of any kind of kind. It's his worst begin to a period considering that 2006. While he mentioned he possesses no strategies to resign, he recognizes time is running out. He will certainly be 41 when the 2028 Olympics begin.And returning to Roland Garros, the site of the French Open and the Olympic competitors, can also confirm daunting. He harmed his leg during the French Open in June as well as was actually forced to withdraw before his quarterfinal suit. He went through surgical operation for a torn medial curve in his correct leg on June 5, initially leaving his condition for Wimbledon in doubt.Djokovic dropped to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon in the ultimate previously this month, as well as in 2023. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthMany guessed he would pass up the grass-court event to concentrate on his recovery, and carry on instruction on clay-based in front of the Olympics. But Djokovic came to the All of England Club a week before the principal draw started. After numerous successful as well as pain-free techniques, he played and went over throughout his run, showing handful of indicators of soreness or even interfered with action." If an individual told me I would play [in the] Wimbledon ultimate three, 4 weeks back, I would certainly take it for sure," he said.Djokovic as well as his peers have must quickly alter to the red clay after devoting recent month on grass. The areas couldn't be actually a lot more different-- the clay is actually dramatically slower than the yard-- and also the way players proceed the courtroom is actually too. It will certainly be complicated for also those without any physical health problems or even traumas. Perhaps partly as a result of this, Djokovic is going to just be actually playing in single people at these Games.But while Djokovic appeared worn out and also somewhat dejected after the Wimbledon final, he was actually certainly not hindered." Allow's view exactly how literally and also mentally I am actually going to experience. Perhaps I can easily find the appropriate ping pong due to the fact that I'm mosting likely to require all I possess and even more to head to the ultimate of the Olympic Games.".