World No 1 Novak Djokovic has not ruled out competing for the Los Angeles Olympic gold in 2028 at the age of 41.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner has solely managed a bronze in 4 journeys to the Olympics, although he can have one other alternative to enhance his medal report in Paris this summer season.
Djokovic can be 41 by the point the Los Angeles Games roll round however the Serbian says he has not ruled out competing for gold in 2028.
“Everything is on the cards, I just don’t know how many cards I have left,” Djokovic stated with a smile when requested about LA 2028.
“It’s nonetheless very far to consider Los Angeles Olympic Games however the thought of it excites me of course. I’d like to play that however… I can not actually decide to that but.
“It’s changing into more durable and more durable however I nonetheless love this sport and have nonetheless been competing at the very best degree.
“I am still number one, so I feel at the moment that I want to keep going, keep trying to make more history.”
Djokovic is gunning for a report sixth Indian Wells crown after being unable to enter the US for the previous 5 years resulting from journey restrictions associated to the Covid pandemic.
He received the event thrice in a row from 2014-2016 however misplaced in the third spherical to now-retired German Philipp Kohlschreiber in his final look in 2019.
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The high seed performs Australian world No 69 Aleksandar Vukic in the second spherical on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports Tennis, and whereas there isn’t a scarcity of expertise in the sphere he’ll not should face the opposite two members of the ‘Big Three’ – the trio who dominated males’s tennis for twenty years.
With Roger Federer retired and the injured Rafa Nadal anticipated to hold up his racket at the top of the yr, Djokovic stated issues had been totally different on the tour.
“It is beautiful for our sport that we had amazing rivalries that marked an incredible two decades,” he stated.
“With Roger retiring and Rafa not playing very much at all, it’s a strange feeling.
“I’m looking for a brand new rival and I had some nice matches with (Carlos) Alcaraz and (Jannik) Sinner recently, however they nonetheless stay the 2 largest rivals I’ve ever had.”
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