Novak Djokovic warned he is already gained his final Grand Slam forward of US Open

Aug 19, 2023 at 8:06 AM
Novak Djokovic warned he is already gained his final Grand Slam forward of US Open

Novak Djokovic has been informed that he has already gained the final Grand Slam of his profession with the US Open on the horizon. The majority of Express Sport readers agreed that the world No 2 wouldn’t win one other Major in his profession after setting a brand new males’s report of 23 titles. It comes after Djokovic misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz in final month’s Wimbledon ultimate.

Djokovic is gearing as much as return to the US Open for the primary time in two years. And the 36-year-old has made it no secret that he’s still hungry to keep winning the biggest titles within the sport after beginning 2023 by successful the Australian Open and French Open.

“It’s exciting that after almost 20 years on tour, to keep that inner fire that drives me to fight for big goals. I want to keep winning tournaments,” the Serb stated this week in Cincinnati. But his want might not come true on the US Open as tennis followers imagine he has maxed out his potential on the Grand Slams.

Asked what number of extra Major titles Djokovic would add to his haul, 33 per cent of Express Sport readers thought that he wouldn’t have the ability to win one other for the remainder of his profession. 17 per cent thought the world No 2 had yet one more Grand Slam left in him whereas 24 per cent backed him to win two extra, which might see him finish his profession with 25 huge trophies.

14 per cent thought that the Serb would have the ability to win three extra earlier than he finally retired and only a few followers might see Djokovic pocketing any greater than a complete of 26. Five per cent backed him to win 4 extra Majors whereas solely two per cent thought he’d get one other 5. And one other 5 per cent dared to vote for six or extra.

Even if Djokovic wasn’t in a position to win one other Grand Slam earlier than his profession drew to an in depth, he has already overtaken his Big Three rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who’ve 20 and 22 respectively. The Spaniard remains to be hoping to return to competitors subsequent 12 months for a retirement lap of honour and it stays to be seen whether or not Nadal himself may add extra Majors to his stash.