Srdjan Djokovic, father of Novak Djokovic, stated he hopes his son would retire from the game on the finish of the 2024 tennis season.
“So far as my needs for him go, he has already fulfilled all of them seven-eight years in the past. The remainder is that this wonderful bonus,” Srdjan stated, whereas talking in Sportal’s documentary titled ‘Novak Djokovic – Untold Tales’.
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“Tennis is just one phase of his life, not his entire life, I anticipate him to be acknowledged for the issues he’ll do after his profession ends as effectively, after he leaves the tennis world, which I hope it would occur subsequent yr.”
He stated it was time for the subsequent era of gamers to get pleasure from their second underneath the solar.
Djokovic, presently aged 37, holds the file for probably the most grand slams received amongst males (23) and was the shedding finalist on the not too long ago concluded Wimbledon championships.
“In a year-and-a-half let’s say… My want as a father – I believe for a while that he ought to have stopped working this extraordinarily tough job. It’s bodily and mentally difficult and really demanding – with him being totally devoted for 30 years, and never taking his foot off the fuel, there’s not a lot time for different issues in life,” he stated.
Novak’s mom Dijana nonetheless stated, “It’s all as much as him. So far as I’m involved, he can retire proper now – he has received all the things.”