.Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ETLESS THAN TWO hrs after his disastrous loss in the Wimbledon ultimate, Novak Djokovic was actually already laser-focused on the rest of the season.Djokovic, 37, had actually only been beat through Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4 ), his goals for a record-breaking 25th primary title delayed. However it was very clear he was actually attempting to proceed as quickly as he can when he talked with media reporters at his news conference eventually that afternoon." Well, the Olympic Video Games as well as US Open are both major objectives for the remainder of the year for me definitely," Djokovic mentioned. "I'm wishing I could be at my absolute best [for] those 2 competitions. That is actually all I can claim immediately." Editor's Picks2 RelatedDjokovic's response ought to hardly come as a surprise considering his basically unparalleled profession and also he is actually the standing up for champ at the United States Open. Yet he possesses never pretty possessed the very same effectiveness at the Olympics. He enters his 5th Gamings with only one award-- a single people bronze in 2008. So now, pair of full weeks after his disappointing surface at Wimbledon, Djokovic is actually back in Paris of what could be his ultimate Gamings, with his eyes bented on the a single thing that has avoided him throughout his famous occupation: Olympic gold.Djokovic opened up dip into Roland Garros on Sunday along with an effective 6-0, 6-1 victory over Matthew Ebden. He will certainly next participate in knowledgeable enemy Rafael Nadal in the 2nd shot in hopes of receiving one step more detailed to his desire." [It's thus unique to become] aspect of the earliest sporting activities activity in the record of sporting activity," Djokovic informed the International Ping pong Federation in May. "Of course winning a gold medal or winning any sort of medal for my country is actually a wonderful desire as well as longing. It is among [my] best concerns and targets for [this] period, there is actually obvious concerning that." THERE is actually BIT ELSE Djokovic hasn't obtained in tennis.Since transforming qualified in 2003, Djokovic has actually won the Australian Open 10 times (the best through any type of player in the Open era), and also is actually a seven-time Wimbledon champion, four-time United States Open champ as well as three-time French Open champion. He is actually tied with Margaret Courthouse for the very most primary singles headlines in the sporting activity's record, as well as he possesses the most in the Open era.Djokovic has succeeded 98 job singles titles (and one in doubles) as well as has actually held the planet No. 1 rank for a combined 428 full weeks-- yet another history. Djokovic also led Serbia to its first and merely Davis Mug title in Belgrade in 2010, something that he later on phoned "the most effective sensation I ever before invited my lifestyle as a tennis player." However while he's constantly referred to just how much it implies to him to become capable to represent his country and the amount of he takes pleasure in the experience of the Olympic Games, he's just never ever had the capacity to equate his regular dominance to sport's greatest stage.Djokovic gained the bronze in 2008-- his only Olympic medal. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaDuring his Olympic debut in 2008 in Beijing, Djokovic was the No. 3 seed, behind Roger Federer as well as Nadal. Playing in a best-of-three-sets format-- a significant distinction than the best-of-five-sets utilized by men in Grand Slams-- Djokovic spun by means of the draw up until Nadal, the resulting gold champion, defeated him in the semifinals 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. In the bronze award fit, Djokovic outdoed James Blake 6-3, 7-6 (4 ). Djokovic, who had actually won his first major title previously that period in Melbourne, couldn't hide his excitement after the suit." [I am actually] extremely satisfied. I suggest, to gain any type of medal in the Olympics is a massive success for any sort of professional athlete I believe," Djokovic pointed out. "Very few of the athletes get a possibility to gain a medal. However, for me, this bronze, which I gained listed here, radiates like a gold due to the fact that I presume I've participated in respectable tennis all tournament." Djokovic also played increases together with Nenad Zimonjic, but both lost in the first round.In 2012, Djokovic, then a five-time Bang champ, was actually named Serbia's flag-bearer for the opening event. He defined it as "an out-of-body adventure" and a "substantial delight as well as obligation as well as honor." The competitors was held at Wimbledon, where he had gained the title the year before, however Djokovic lost to ultimate gold champion Andy Murray in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal match he was up to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. Djokovic lost once again in the first round of multiplies, this time with Viktor Troicki.Djokovic's reduction in the semifinals at the 2021 Olympics was particularly irritating, given that he had actually gained all 3 major titles kept that year. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFour years later on the hard court of law in Rio, Djokovic was the top seed (and also currently a 12-time primary champion) yet he was stunned through Del Potro in the preliminary. Djokovic and Zimonjic shed in the 2nd around of doubles.But no reduction stung more difficult than in 2021. Competing in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, Djokovic got here after succeeding all 3 of the year's Slams. He was on a mission to join simply Steffi Graf in 1988 as the only ping pong gamers in past to obtain the "Golden Bang"-- all four major headlines and also an Olympic songs gold in the exact same season.But in the semifinals-- however again-- Djokovic had his aspirations dashed by possible gold medalist Alexander Zverev. He had actually simply taken the initial set 6-1 yet at that point won merely four video games in the final 2 sets. Traits got back at much worse in the bronze medal fit against Pablo Carreno Busta as Djokovic battled to control his emotions, and misused his racket on multiple events. He dropped the match 6-4, 6-7 (6 ), 6-3, and afterwards withdrew from the mixed increases bronze-medal complement (along with Nina Stojanovic), slated to start later on that very same time, presenting a remaining shoulder accident. He had actually played 7 suits in 4 days all over draws and also it seemed it had actually all reached him." I participated in under medications, amazing discomfort and exhaustion," Djokovic said.He certainly never managed to acquire his period entirely back on course as well as dropped in the last of the United States Open full weeks eventually to Daniil Medvedev, obstructing his modified target of the calendar Grand Slam." [It] was actually additionally [an] psychologically extremely demanding period for me in the last five, 6 months," Djokovic claimed after the reduction. "Slams and Olympics ... Everything was actually collaborating for me here and also type of gathering all the emotional states that I've been actually through. Regrettably I didn't create it in the ultimate action." DJOKOVIC NOW Goes Back To the Olympics in a substantially different setting than he remained in 3 years back. Not simply has he yet to win a Slam this time, yet he is actually yet to win a title of any sort of kind. It's his worst start to a season since 2006. While he said he has no plannings to retire, he understands time is going out. He is going to be 41 when the 2028 Olympics begin.And going back to Roland Garros, the site of the French Open and the Olympic competitors, can likewise show difficult. He injured his knee throughout the French Open in June and was pushed to remove before his quarterfinal match. He went through surgical operation for a torn medial crescent in his best knee on June 5, originally leaving his standing for Wimbledon in doubt.Djokovic dropped to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon in the final previously this month, as well as in 2023. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthMany hypothesized he will neglect the grass-court event to pay attention to his rehab, as well as proceed training on clay before the Olympics. However Djokovic arrived at the All of England Club a week just before the major draw began. After several productive and pain-free strategies, he participated in and went over throughout his operate, revealing couple of indicators of soreness or even hampered motion." If somebody told me I will participate in [in the] Wimbledon final 3, 4 full weeks back, I would take it for sure," he said.Djokovic as well as his peers have had to rapidly alter to the reddish clay after devoting the past month on lawn. The surfaces could not be actually a lot more various-- the clay is actually substantially slower than the turf-- and the method players carry on the court is actually also. It is going to be actually complicated for even those without any physical disorders or traumas. Perhaps in part as a result of this, Djokovic will simply be playing in single people at these Games.But while Djokovic appeared exhausted and slightly dejected after the Wimbledon ultimate, he was actually not discouraged." Permit's find exactly how literally as well as emotionally I am actually heading to feel. Hopefully I may locate the appropriate tennis because I'm going to need all I possess and additional to visit the final of the Olympic Gamings.".