Novak Djokovic seems to have found the elixir of eternal youth. The Serbian tennis player, at 36 years old, has managed to display his best tennis and regain world number 1 with a year of scandal. In 2023, Novak Djokovic won 3 of the 4 ‘big’ events of the year, only losing the final of Wimbledon ante Carlos Alcaraz.
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All this, after a 2022 in which he was the protagonist for his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19, which cost him number 1. A year later, he shone. The reason? Novak assures that his motivation to get the best version of himself has been the emergence of young players like Carlos Alcaraz or the Italian Jannik Sinner.
“The young people who are very hungry and very inspired to play their best tennis against me are an additional motivation,” Djokovic said on CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ about Alcaraz, who defeated him in the Wimbledon final, and Sinner, who left him without the Davis Cup.
Novak Djokovic, defeated in the Davis Cup by Jannik Sinner
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“I think they awaken a beast in me”added Novak, who finds in his young opponents his best way to feed his desire to continue working and showing his best level. That’s his magic potion. Your elixir of eternal youth.
Djokovic and Alcaraz
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2023-12-11 09:29:36
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