According to former Spanish player Alex Corretja, Novak Djokovic will have considerably more success in 2024. Still, it will be extremely challenging for him to wrap up the Grand Slam, which he so desperately wants.
In a recent interview, Corretja expressed his thoughts about Djokovic: “I think that would be a little bit surprising to win a Golden Slam because even if he improves his game so much, he’s getting older. Normally, he is getting older and the recovery is not the same. But at the same time, he’s got the experience and he’s just focused on the important tournaments and the ones that he feels are going to make a difference in his life.”
He added: “I’m sure that he’s going to keep on winning Slams, but it’s going to be tougher and tougher and he knows that. And in a way, I feel the match he lost against Jannik Sinner in the Davis Cup might be good for him.”
The Spaniard predicts that Jannik Sinner will be among the players challenging Djokovic for the major events this year, beginning with the Australian Open.
Corretja further added remarks about Sinner and other young stars and said: “He is the main favourite; I think it’s going to be one of the most open Australian Opens we had in the last few years because we have several players that can do very well and are playing their best, physically. They’re growing; they’re getting stronger. And mentally, it is pretty much the first time you have players who believe they can do well in a best-of-five slam and sustain their level for a long time. After three or four matches, they were already exhausted. But now I think you have players that can cause problems for Novak Djokovic. And that’s what I think is going to be probably the most open Australian in the last few years.”
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Novak Djokovic in 2023
WWWWLWWLWL Now ranked no.1, Novak played his last match on the 25th of November when he lost to world no.4 Jannik Sinner 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
This season the Serbian has managed to achieve a composed 56-7 match record. Novak conquered 7 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open, French Open, Cincinnati, U.S. Open, Paris and the Nitto ATP Finals. Novak was the finalist in Wimbledon.
