It’s a tough end to the season for Djokovic’s Serbia. Faced with Sinner’s Italy, the Baltic country suffered the lesson of the Italians. A bitter end to the season for the Djoker who refused an anti-doping test.
Novak Djokovic’s season is exceptional with 3 Grand Slam titles and the Masters in his pocket. The Serbian has consolidated his place as world number one. The recent Masters tournament winner wanted to take Serbia to the Davis Cup title. Trophy that is still missing from the Serbian’s trophy cabinet.
However, Serbia had done things well by gaining a point and leaving Italy tied before their champion’s match against Sinner. The Italian had a psychological advantage over the world number one. He beat him in London during the group stage.
Before the latter gave him a nice spanking in the final in London. Djokovic had set his sights on the confrontation with Sinner. Particularly in view of the battle of nations in the Davis Cup.
The Djoker and the Italian therefore met for one last battle between their two countries. In this little game, it was Sinner’s partners who experienced the most beautiful emotions. On the one hand, they took advantage of Sinner’s domination in singles to widen the gap and end the suspense in the doubles.
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Djokovic out of the picture on all counts
Italy tames Serbia at the end of a memorable fight but which puts an end to Djokovic’s superb season. The world number one also faced the doping control doctor. Indeed, during this semi-final, the teams were informed of random checks, before, during or after the matches.
The captains of the selections had been informed of the procedure but it did not at all satisfy the record holder of Grand Slam titles. Djokovic was even furious about this meeting with the doping control doctor. A black anger which precipitated his fall.
« this is the first time that it happens to me. It doesn’t make sense to do it before when I’m here after the gamehe detailed in Serbian after his success against Norrie. They warned me an hour and a half before starting. I have my pre-game routines and I don’t have to think at that time about donating blood or urine. »
« I argued with him because it was something that had not happened to me in my 20 years of career. He sat in one of the corners and followed me for hours. It’s scandalous. I have always defended testing, but not before matches. There’s nothing to hide, but there must be some limits. »
Djoko resting, tennis resumes in 2024
Tennis is taking a well-deserved break after a trying season for organizations. Carlos Alcaraz and all the top seeds will have an extremely dense 2024 schedule for bodies.
The highlight of the year being the Paris Olympic Games in August 2024 and a tennis tournament at Roland Garros which will host two tennis sessions in the space of a few months for the first time.
It would be for the contenders for the gold medal, the story of marking the occasion in addition to the 4 lifts of the calendar Grand Slam.
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2023-11-26 18:07:45
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