Novak Djokovic's dream of becoming an Olympic champion lasted sixteen years. In a fantastic final, he defeated Carlos Alcaraz, 16 years younger
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris with a score of 7:6, 7:6. Djokovic played against the match in the final Carlos Alacraz from whom he was recently defeated in the Wimbledon final.
After the victory, Djokovic told RTS that the loss in London against Alcaraz helped him prepare for today's match.
"I couldn't do worse than that, I went for everything or nothing." "I fired up my forehands at the end just like him," said Djokovic.
During the match, Djokovic's daughter held a banner with the inscription: "Dad is the best." After the victory, Djokovic immediately went to hug them, and told RTS that he was too proud and overjoyed to have brought the gold to Serbia.
"This is my biggest success," said Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
This is the second gold medal for Serbia at the Olympic Games in Paris. Previously, the national team members Zorana Arunović and Damir Mikec brought the gold medal to Serbia in the shot put.
Djokovic entered the finals at the Olympic Games for the first time, he has one bronze medal and two fourth places.
Djokovic for the Golden Slam
Djokovic's victory over Alcaraz allowed him to become only the fifth tennis player to win a golden slam in his career - all four grand slam tournaments plus an Olympic gold medal. Only Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and Steffi Graf can boast of this achievement.
At 37, Djokovic is the oldest Olympic tennis singles champion since the sport returned to the program at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Djokovic without a title in the season so far
Djokovic failed to win the trophy this year. He reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open, the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, and then suffered a knee injury that required surgery. At Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the season, he played in the final, but was defeated by today's rival.
The Serbian tennis player has won titles every season since 2006, he set a personal record in 2015 with as many as 11 ATP titles.
Djokovic has a therapeutic effect on Serbia
As "Vreme" previously wrote on today's Serbia, Novak Djokovic mostly has a therapeutic effect. For some of its citizens, it certainly represents an incentive, but for the vast majority, and even more, it acts as a consolation, as a kind of compensation. In the lap of a nation that, historically speaking, is in every way on a downward trajectory, the emergence and survival of an authentic winner is healing and cause for celebration. At the same time, Djokovic is without any doubt a global phenomenon and billions of people know about him, even those who until recently were not sure if Serbia and Siberia were the same.
Everything that is happening with Djokovic is real, genuine, without a trace of lies and fraud, and that, in a society like ours for the last ten years, is tantamount to a miracle.
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