Novak Djokovic is one of the favourites to win Wimbledon this year as he looks to claim the 25th Grand Slam of his career.<\/p>\n
The Serbian might be closing in on 40-years-old, but many believe Djokovic\u2019s best chance to win another major title comes on the grass of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Djokovic has started the tournament well, defeating Wu Yibing and Stefanos Tsitsipas on Centre Court and dropping just one set in the process.<\/p>\n
Ahead of his third round match against Arthur Rinderknech, Djokovic has been spotted practicing alongside Britain\u2019s Adam Jones, who is curently ranked outside the top 1000 of the ATP Tour rankings.<\/p>\n
Taking to Instagram<\/a>, Jones shared a picture alongside Djokovic at Aorangi Park with the caption: \u201cAlways a pleasure to strike some with the goat.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones is known in the tennis community for his tongue-in-cheek take on the world of tennis and he also made the time to crack a few jokes after practicing with the 24-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic has been granted his wish ahead of next Wimbledon match<\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic jumps to Serena Williams\u2019 defence \u2013 \u2018People need to cool off\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Alongside a video of the pair practicing together, Jones quipped: \u201cNovak Djokovic<\/a> facing the Jonesy forehand is no easy task\u201d on social media.<\/p>\n Jones has made a name for himself over the years as a hitting partner for the very best on the ATP Tour<\/a> and the WTA Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the Australian Open<\/a>, his services were lauded as he worked alongside both Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Elena Rybakina<\/a>, both of whom claimed the singles Grand Slam titles in Melbourne.<\/p>\n Jones has also worked with the likes of Belinda Bencic<\/a> and Donna Vekic<\/a> during the grass court season, the latter of which during her remarkable run to the Queen\u2019s<\/a> title.<\/p>\n Providing his hitting partner servies at Wimbledon is nothing new for Jones, who played alongside the likes of Alcaraz at last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n Speaking to BBC Sport<\/a> at last year\u2019s Wimbledon, Jones said: \u201cIt\u2019s a great gig and a fun way to earn some money. The Futures tour is a rat race \u2013 the finances are absolutely brutal.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you lose in qualifying you get no money. A couple of weeks ago I won $37 after losing in singles quallies and then lost first round doubles \u2013 the minimum for a hotel was $150 a night.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re losing money every single week. When people see you\u2019re a tennis player and see you\u2019re at Wimbledon, they think you have loads of money and live a luxurious life. You don\u2019t \u2013 it\u2019s the complete opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n With Jones proving he is undoubtedly a lucky charm to many of the top talents on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour, he has become one of the most sought-after hitting partners in tennis.<\/p>\n The post Novak Djokovic enlists British players help to try and win Wimbledon<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic is one of the favourites to win Wimbledon this year as he looks to claim the 25th Grand Slam of his career. The Serbian might be closing in on 40-years-old, but many believe Djokovic\u2019s best chance to win another major title comes on the grass of Wimbledon. Djokovic has started the tournament well, […]<\/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-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431","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=2431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Novak Djokovic news<\/h2>\n