Novak Djokovic inconsolable after Golden Slam dream ends at Tokyo 2020: I really feel horrible proper now

Serbian world No.1 Novak Djokovic was inconsolable following his shock loss to Germany’s Alexander Zverev within the males’s singles semifinals on the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The Olympic gold medal is the one main honour lacking from Novak Djokovic’s lengthy listing of accolades (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSerbian Novak Djokovic suffered a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss in opposition to Germany’s Alexander ZverevDjokovic wanted the Olympic gold to proceed his quest for the Golden Slam in 2021Djokovic later misplaced the combined doubles semifinals as effectively together with his Serbian teammate Nina StojanovicWorld no. 1 Novak Djokovic practically broke down after his dream of finishing the Golden Slam in 2021 ended with a semi-final defeat in opposition to Alexander Zverev on the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Djokovic wanted a gold medal at Tokyo 2020 in males’s singles tennis to proceed his bid for the Golden Slam however his hopes have been shattered after a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss in opposition to Germany’s Zverev.Djokovic might have joined Steffi Graff because the second participant to win all 4 majors and the Olympic gold in the identical yr however will now have to attend for one more 4 years to harbour hopes of emulating the German legend within the Open Era.TOKYO 2020: Full Coverage | Day 7 UpdatesDjokovic, who received singles bronze on the 2008 Beijing Games, admitted he was discovering it arduous to seek out comfort in presumably repeating the feat or finishing a calendar-year Grand Slam by successful the US Open in September.”I feel so terrible right now, can’t be positive right now. I don’t know I feel terrible… in every sense, but tomorrow hopefully, a fresh start. I can recover and at least win one medal for my country,” mentioned Djokovic, who will play Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in Saturday’s bronze medal match.Djokovic seemed on track for a snug win after he clinched the primary set earlier than world quantity 5 Zverev discovered one other gear in his recreation and bounced again to clinch the subsequent two units and arrange the gold medal match in opposition to Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) within the males’s singles closing.”It’s just sport, you know, he played better. I got to give him credit for turning the match around. He served extremely well, I was not getting too many looks on the second serve.”My serve simply drastically dropped, I did not get any free factors from 3-2 up within the second. Yeah, my recreation fell aside, his recreation – he received, I feel seven or eight video games in a row and yeah, that was it,” Djokovic mentioned of Zverev.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.