Novak Djokovic say good bye to tennis as he announce his retirement……..

For all of the buzz this year about Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray’s anticipated retirements, Novak Djokovic’s prospective retirement from tennis may have sneaked up as well.

At 37, the Serbian is the same age as Murray and a year younger than Nadal, but he has had much fewer injuries than his long-time opponents, and there has been no discussion of retirement in contrast.

That’s because Djokovic is tennis’ invincible guy. The player who regains everything, who never loses a rally or a match, and who continues to compete and win despite several scandals and setbacks.

Most recently, he returned from knee surgery in three and a half weeks to reach the first round of Wimbledon, where he advanced to another final.

However, in that final – a stunningly impressive 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-4) straight-sets victory for 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz – we saw what we had seen all year: a player whose form and fitness had plummeted dramatically.

In 2023, Djokovic won three of the four Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, and US Open) while losing in the final of the other – in five sets no less – to Spain’s Alcaraz at Wimbledon. It was an incredible 12 months.

While the end for Nadal and Murray has been a long time coming, with fans watching continuous decreases, Djokovic has undergone a 2024, implying that he, too, may not have long at the top.

Djokovic in 2024: trophyless and his body beginning to fail him.
Djokovic made eight finals in 2023, winning all save the Wimbledon final. In 2024, he failed to reach a single final until Wimbledon, where he was lucky to be in a draw that bypassed three of the world’s top five players in Sinner, Alcaraz, and Medvedev.

At Wimbledon, a hip injury to Alex de Minaur resulted in Djokovic receiving a quarter-final walkover, while a knee injury to fourth seed Alexander Zverev earlier in the championship meant the Serbian’s semi-final opponent was 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti, who had never competed in a Grand Slam quarter-final before Wimbledon.Djokovic’s year began with a shocking straight-sets loss to Australia’s De Minaur in the quarter-finals of the United Cup in Perth as part of his preparations for the Australian Open, which required two stoppages due to a wrist injury.