This year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships \u201cwill mark a turning point\u201d in the remainder of Novak Djokovic\u2019s career, according to a former world No 2.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> is chasing en eighth Wimbledon title, which would see him equal the men\u2019s singles record held by his great former rival, Roger Federer.<\/p>\n The legendary Serb last won Wimbledon<\/a> in 2022, while he claimed his 24th and most recent Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open.<\/p>\n Having turned 39 in May, Djokovic is bidding to become the oldest major singles champion in tennis history.<\/p>\n Djokovic, who has spent a record 428 weeks as world No 1, is seeded seventh at Wimbledon due to his current ranking.<\/p>\n He is in the same half of the draw as Jannik Sinner, the world No 1 and defending champion at the All England Club.<\/p>\n Wimbledon: John McEnroe makes Novak Djokovic \u2018bluffing\u2019 injury comment \u2013 \u2018I\u2019ve seen this before\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n John Lloyd says Jannik Sinner \u2018may not be 100%\u2019 and suggests Wimbledon is \u2018wide open\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n In an interview with Marca<\/a>, Spanish tennis great Alex Corretja was asked if Wimbledon is Djokovic\u2019s last chance to add to his record Grand Slam total.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s running out of options. And he knows it; he\u2019s aware that he\u2019s physically at his limit and that he needs to give it his all,\u201d said the two-time Roland Garros finalist.<\/p>\n \u201cBut in Australia, he played in the final and was up a set against Alcaraz. And he beat Sinner in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n \u201cNovak is too smart to count him out. But grass is his best option because there aren\u2019t as many specialists, and because he returns the ball better than anyone.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Wimbledon will mark a turning point in the rest of his career, for sure. Depending on what happens here, there will be a turning point.\u201d<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev is the No 2 seed at Wimbledon, and Corretja assessed that the German\u2019s French Open victory makes him more dangerous.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s much more dangerous because he\u2019s freed himself from that internal and external pressure he was under,\u201d said Corretja.<\/p>\n \u201cWe might see a more aggressive Zverev, calmer in press conferences. I think he was feeling overwhelmed. Let\u2019s see what happens with Djokovic.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn\u2019t arrive in Paris in the form he needed, but he thinks Wimbledon is where he has the best chance. And if he has this feeling, watch out, watch out.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a range of players who all play well and who could make things difficult for him. If he drops sets before the quarter-finals, it\u2019s dangerous because it will take its toll physically.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Wimbledon: John McEnroe says Jannik Sinner\u2019s physical issues are \u2018mainly mental\u2019<\/a> The post Novak Djokovic told Wimbledon will be a \u2018turning point\u2019 as he is \u2018running out of options\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships \u201cwill mark a turning point\u201d in the remainder of Novak Djokovic\u2019s career, according to a former world No 2. Djokovic is chasing en eighth Wimbledon title, which would see him equal the men\u2019s singles record held by his great former rival, Roger Federer. The legendary Serb last won Wimbledon in 2022, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n
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