Novak Djokovic does not seem to be considering retirement for the time being as his competitive fire still burns.<\/p>\n
The vast majority of men\u2019s singles players would long have been retired at the age of 39 but Djokovic still wants to prove himself against his much younger rivals.<\/p>\n
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> have been the dominant forces on the ATP Tour<\/a> since 2024, with Djokovic\u2019s last Grand Slam win coming at the 2023 US Open.<\/p>\n The Serbian is still a huge threat at the majors, with the veteran reaching all four semi-finals last year and this season, he reached the Australian Open final and the last four at Wimbledon<\/a>. But \u2018Sincaraz\u2019 are currently a level above the all-time great.<\/p>\n Djokovic has nothing left to prove after breaking virtually every big record in men\u2019s tennis. But the 24-time Grand Slam winner still wants more as we approach the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu complained in 2025 and tennis chiefs are finally tackling the problem<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Novak Djokovic understands a 25th Grand Slam might not happen\u2019 after Wimbledon setback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as\u00a0<\/span>a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, he did admit that age is finally catching up with him. Indeed, for the last couple of years, Djokovic<\/a> has had quite a few niggles, while also not entirely letting on the other ailments he is dealing with.<\/p>\n When asked if he thinks about his age while playing, he said on CBS News<\/a>, \u201cWell, I am thinking about playing great tennis, and really, if I\u2019m not thinking about it, then people remind me. If the people don\u2019t remind me of my age, then my body reminds me of my age.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re just trying to take every percentage of extra edge that I can get to be able to still compete at an elite level with young guys, right? But, you know, the body is responding differently, and that\u2019s just biology.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, the wear and tear of the 20-plus years on the highest level, it\u2019s just taking its toll. So, it takes more time for me to recover. So, after that five-hour, 15-minute quarterfinals [at Wimbledon], you know, I just couldn\u2019t fully recover for the semis, and I wasn\u2019t as fresh as I wanted to be.<\/p>\n \u201cBut not to take anything away from Sinner<\/a>, who won and won the tournament. But it\u2019s just, it\u2019s different nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n The one glaring omission from Djokovic\u2019s stacked tennis CV was the Olympic gold in singles. After multiple failed attempts, Djokovic finally achieved his heart\u2019s desire by winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n None would have begrudged him from sailing off into the sunset but Djokovic still thinks he has something to prove.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cYeah, I do. I do. I mean, there\u2019s always something to prove to myself primarily and to others, but to myself that I can always be better than I was yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Serena Williams\u2019 former coach says Jannik Sinner was \u2018very average\u2019 in Wimbledon final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Novak Djokovic explains why he still feels he has something to prove at 39<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic does not seem to be considering retirement for the time being as his competitive fire still burns. The vast majority of men\u2019s singles players would long have been retired at the age of 39 but Djokovic still wants to prove himself against his much younger rivals. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have been […]<\/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-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","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=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Novak Djokovic News<\/strong><\/h2>\n