“I have no regrets,” Novak Djokovic holds no remorse after being forced out of Sunshine Double, congratulates Carlos Alcaraz for becoming World No. 1 again
Novak Djokovic gives some life lessons after having to skip the sunshine double.
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Serbian World No.2 Novak Djokovic gave a peek into his mindset which allows him to live in the present and focus on the right things in a recent interview. He also said that he doesn’t regret not getting a chance to play in the Sunshine Double this year due to Covid vaccine mandates. In the same interview, he also congratulated new World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz who won the Indian Wells tournament last week.
As Djokovic said, “No, I have no regrets, I’ve learned through life that regrets only hold you back and basically make you live in the past. And I don’t want to do that. I also don’t want to live too much in the future. I want to be as much as in the present moment, but of course think about future, create a better future. So I congratulate Alcaraz. He absolutely deserves to come back to No. 1.”
Djokovic continued on how he loves to play in the Sunshine Double despite not getting a chance this year, “It’s a pity that I wasn’t able to play in Indian Wells [and] Miami. I love those tournaments. I had plenty of success there. But at the same time, it is the conscious decision I made and I knew that there is always a possibility that I won’t go. And it is the current state or current situation that I hope will change for later this year for the US Open. That is the most important tournament for me on the American soil.”
Novak Djokovic will be coming strong for the clay season
With Rafael Nadal training hard to get back in shape for the Monte Carlo Masters and Novak Djokovic also expected to play there, the coming clay court swing is going to be nail-biting for tennis fans around the globe. With young guns like Carlos Alcaraz. Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner looking sharper with each passing day, how the veteran legends keep up is going to be an interesting watch.
The 22-time Grand Slam champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be playing in this year’s French Open with the same number of Grand Slam titles for the first time together in a major in their career. This is only the second time in their careers that both are at par on the number of Grand Slam titles. The first time it happened was at Wimbledon 2021 when the Serbian won his 20th Grand Slam and equaled both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Since Rafael Nadal was unable to play in the following US Open 2021 due to a foot injury and the Serbian was not allowed to play in the Australian Open 2022, the chance of both meeting in the same Major with the same number of Grand Slams never happened.
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