By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday June 28, 2025
He’s 38. He’s completed every little thing there may be to do within the sport. Effectively, nearly every little thing…
Novak Djokovic doesn’t stand atop the all-time Wimbledon males’s singles titles checklist, and he isn’t the oldest man to ever win a serious singles title. If he can in some way discover a technique to be the final man standing on the finish of this Wimbledon fortnight, he might add a couple of choose chapters to his voluminous legacy.
At Wimbledon, most agree that it’s Djokovic’s greatest probability. The Serbian legend himself mentioned so on Saturday throughout his pre-tournament media convention. Possibly it’s even his final probability?
“I might most likely agree that Wimbledon could possibly be the most effective probability [for a 25th Grand Slam title] due to the outcomes I’ve had, due to how I really feel, how I play in Wimbledon, simply getting that additional push mentally and motivation to carry out the most effective tennis on the highest stage,” he mentioned.
Djokovic, who enters these Championships with a 97-12 file on his hallowed Wimbledon grass, hopes it isn’t his final dance at Wimbledon, however he admits it’s a risk.
“Whether or not it could possibly be my final dance, I am undecided,” he mentioned. “My want is to play for a number of extra years. I might like to be wholesome bodily and likewise mentally motivated to maintain on enjoying on the highest stage. That is the purpose, however you by no means know at this stage.”
Djokovic has been defeated within the remaining by Carlos Alcaraz in successive years, in 5 units in 2023 and in straight units final yr.
He hopes that his type on the majors means he’ll be capable to discover his means again to a different remaining, and perhaps even win it.
Grand Slams keep fairly constant, quarters or semi-finals apart from the US Open. That is signal. These tournaments give me the most important drive nonetheless. Australia and at Roland-Garros confirmed me that I can nonetheless play on a really excessive stage on the later levels.”
Djokovic will face France’s Alexandre Muller within the first spherical at Wimbledon.