Novak Djokovic seems to have accepted the defeat in the Wimbledon semifinal against Jannik Sinner. The Serbian surrendered in just three sets. But he is also aware of the age gap that separates him from the current world number one. “Do I think about my age? I think about playing good tennis – Nole explained -. It is people who remind me of the age. And if they don’t, my body does. I try to take advantage of every little possible edge to still be able to compete at the highest level with the younger ones. The body obviously responds differently now, it’s biology. I have played for more than 20 years at the highest level and it takes me much longer to recover. After the five-hour and 15-minute quarterfinal against Felix Auger-Aliassime, I couldn’t recover as I would have liked ahead of the semifinal. I don’t want to take anything away from Sinner’s merits, who won the tournament, but now it’s different for me.”
And again: “One of the reasons I keep playing is the energy of the crowd. I will never be able to thank enough the people for the respect they have shown me in recent years all over the world. My wife is my rock and without her it would have been impossible to achieve all this. It is not easy to miss important family events. Now I am looking for a different balance, and that is why I don’t play as much as before. I want to be the best husband, father, brother, and son possible. Do I feel I still have something to prove? Yes, especially to myself. I want to prove to myself that I can always be a better version of myself compared to yesterday.”
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