.Jul 28, 2024, 09:46 AM ETLESS THAN pair of hours after his disastrous reduction in the Wimbledon final, Novak Djokovic was presently laser-focused on the rest of the season.Djokovic, 37, had simply been defeated through Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4 ), his goals for a record-breaking 25th primary title held off. However it was actually very clear he was making an effort to carry on as rapidly as he could when he spoke with reporters at his press conference later on that mid-day." Well, the Olympic Video Games as well as US Open are actually the two big objectives for the rest of the year for me really," Djokovic claimed. "I am actually wishing I can be at my best [for] those 2 events. That is actually all I may point out right now." Publisher's Picks2 RelatedDjokovic's solution need to rarely happen as a shock considering his essentially unmatched occupation which he is actually the speaking up for champ at the United States Open. But he possesses certainly never rather had the exact same excellence at the Olympics. He enters his fifth Games along with merely one medal-- a songs bronze in 2008. So right now, pair of weeks after his disappointing surface at Wimbledon, Djokovic is back in Paris wherefore may be his last Games, along with his eyes set on the something that has outruned him throughout his historical profession: Olympic gold.Djokovic opened up play at Roland Garros on Saturday along with an effective 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Matthew Ebden. He will next participate in familiar foe Rafael Nadal in the second shot in hopes of getting one measure closer to his dream." [It's thus special to be] portion of the earliest sports activity in the record of sport," Djokovic informed the International Tennis Alliance in May. "Obviously gaining a gold medal or even succeeding any sort of medal for my nation is actually a wonderful desire and longing. It is one of [my] ultimate concerns and also objectives for [this] time, there is actually clear about that." THERE'S BIT ELSE Djokovic hasn't obtained in tennis.Since turning qualified in 2003, Djokovic has actually won the Australian Open 10 opportunities (the absolute most through any gamer outdoors age), and is a seven-time Wimbledon champ, four-time United States Open champion and three-time French Open champion. He is actually matched along with Margaret Court for the most primary songs headlines in the sport's history, and also he possesses the best outdoors era.Djokovic has succeeded 98 career singles labels (and one in multiplies) as well as has kept the globe No. 1 ranking for a bundled 428 weeks-- another history. Djokovic also led Serbia to its own initial and also merely Davis Cup label in Belgrade in 2010, one thing that he later on contacted "the very best emotion I ever before had in my life as a tennis player." But while he is actually always discussed just how much it suggests to him to become able to embody his country and just how much he appreciates the take in of the Olympic Video games, he's simply certainly never managed to translate his traditional authority to sporting activity's greatest stage.Djokovic won the bronze in 2008-- his only Olympic medal. AP Photo/Elise AmendolaDuring his Olympic launching in 2008 in Beijing, Djokovic was actually the No. 3 seed, behind Roger Federer and also Nadal. Playing in a best-of-three-sets layout-- a significant distinction than the best-of-five-sets utilized by males in Grand Slams-- Djokovic rolled through the draw up until Nadal, the possible gold medalist, defeated him in the semifinals 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. In the bronze award complement, Djokovic bested James Blake 6-3, 7-6 (4 ). Djokovic, who had won his first significant title previously that season in Melbourne, couldn't hide his excitement after the suit." [I'm] very satisfied. I imply, to succeed any medal in the Olympics is a huge accomplishment for any sportsmen I assume," Djokovic said. "Few of the professional athletes receive a possibility to gain an award. But also for me, this bronze, which I won listed below, beams like a gold due to the fact that I believe I have actually participated in good tennis all competition." Djokovic also played doubles together with Nenad Zimonjic, however the pair dropped in the initial round.In 2012, Djokovic, at that point a five-time Slam champion, was actually named Serbia's flag-bearer for the position ceremony. He explained it as "an out-of-body experience" and a "huge delight as well as obligation and tribute." The competitors was secured at Wimbledon, where he had actually won the title the year before, however Djokovic lost to resulting gold champion Andy Murray in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal suit he fell to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets. Djokovic lost again in the preliminary of increases, this moment with Viktor Troicki.Djokovic's loss in the semifinals at the 2021 Olympics was particularly frustrating, considering that he had won all three major labels kept that year. RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFour years later the hard court of law in Rio, Djokovic was the front runner (and also now a 12-time significant champ) however he was stunned through Del Potro in the preliminary. Djokovic and Zimonjic dropped in the second around of doubles.But no reduction hurt more challenging than in 2021. Contending in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Video games, Djokovic arrived after winning all three of the year's Slams. He got on a quest to sign up with only Steffi Graf in 1988 as the only tennis gamers in history to achieve the "Golden Bang"-- all 4 primary headlines and also an Olympic singles gold in the same season.But in the semifinals-- however once more-- Djokovic had his desires slammed by ultimate gold medalist Alexander Zverev. He had actually effortlessly taken the first set 6-1 however at that point gained merely 4 games in the ultimate 2 collections. Traits evened the score much worse in the bronze medal fit versus Pablo Carreno Busta as Djokovic had a hard time to manage his emotional states, as well as abused his racket on numerous occasions. He lost the complement 6-4, 6-7 (6 ), 6-3, and afterwards took out coming from the combined increases bronze-medal complement (with Nina Stojanovic), slated to begin later on that very same day, citing a remaining shoulder accident. He had actually played seven matches in 4 times all over pulls and also it appeared it had all reached him." I participated in under medicines, unbelievable ache as well as tiredness," Djokovic said.He never managed to acquire his time fully back on the right track and lost in the last of the US Open full weeks later to Daniil Medvedev, foiling his modified objective of the calendar Grand Slam." [It] was actually likewise [an] emotionally very demanding time frame for me in the last five, six months," Djokovic said after the loss. "Bangs as well as Olympics ... Everything was coming together for me listed below as well as type of gathering all the feelings that I have actually been actually by means of. Regrettably I didn't make it in the ultimate action." DJOKOVIC NOW Goes Back To the Olympics in a substantially various posture than he was in three years ago. Not just possesses he as yet to succeed a Slam this period, but he is actually yet to succeed a label of any kind. It's his worst beginning to a time considering that 2006. While he mentioned he has no strategies to resign, he understands time is ending. He is going to be 41 when the 2028 Olympics begin.And going back to Roland Garros, the internet site of the French Open and the Olympic competition, might also verify difficult. He harmed his knee in the course of the French Open in June as well as was actually pushed to withdraw ahead of his quarterfinal suit. He underwent surgery for a torn medial curve in his right knee on June 5, initially leaving his standing for Wimbledon in doubt.Djokovic shed to Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon in the last earlier this month, and in 2023. AP Photo/Kirsty WigglesworthMany guessed he will leave out the grass-court event to focus on his recovery, and also carry on training on clay ahead of the Olympics. Yet Djokovic came to the All of England Club a full week before the primary draw began. After a number of successful and also pain-free strategies, he played and went over throughout his run, presenting handful of indicators of distress or hindered action." If an individual told me I would certainly play [in the] Wimbledon last 3, four weeks back, I would certainly take it without a doubt," he said.Djokovic and his peers have must promptly readjust to the red clay-based after devoting recent month on lawn. The surface areas could not be more various-- the clay is actually substantially slower than the grass-- and the means players carry on the courthouse is too. It will certainly be actually tricky for even those without physical ailments or personal injuries. Possibly partly as a result of this, Djokovic will just be actually playing in singles at these Games.But while Djokovic appeared weary and also slightly dejected after the Wimbledon final, he was actually not prevented." Let's see how actually and also psychologically I'm heading to really feel. Hopefully I can easily locate the ideal tennis considering that I'm going to require all I have as well as additional to visit the final of the Olympic Gamings.".