‘I expected Djokovic to win the Olympic gold’: Nishikori believes that Djokovic deserved to win the Gold medal in Tokyo
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Fans were treated to a lot of memorable games across sports at the Tokyo Olympics this year. Especially in tennis, we saw innumerable games where the outcome shocked fans and experts alike. Many big names withdrew from the Olympics citing different reasons before the games even started.
Post that, a lot of tennis stars were disappointed with the playing conditions as the scorching heat and humidity were pushing the athletes to their limits. This eventually resulted in a lot of upsets as well as the likes of Daniil Medvedev simply found it too hard to adjust to the conditions.
‘I feel a bit sorry for him’: Nishikori on Djokovic
Another big name who has been absolutely sensational throughout this year, who was expected to win the Gold at the Olympics but fell short by quite some distance is Novak Djokovic. Djokovic started off in incredible fashion and thrashed his opponents in after the other.
However, he was caught off guard by Alexander Zverev in the semis and after that, he was defeated by Pablo Carreño Busta in the Bronze medal match which prevented him from winning any medal. Commenting on Novak’s astonishing defeat, Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori said that he deserved to win Gold at the biggest sporting extravaganza.
Nishikori said that he expected Djokovic to win and he felt sorry after the Serbian tennis star failed to win any medal at the Olympics. “I expected Djokovic would win the gold medal in Tokyo. I feel a bit sorry for him, he definitely deserves a medal the most at the moment. He has had unbelievable results,” he said.
Djokovic, who was eyeing the Golden Slam unfortunately couldn’t achieve what he aspired for, but he is expected to strike form yet again. The top tennis star is expected to come all guns blazing into the US Open as he would be itching to reign supreme yet again on the court.
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