TOKYO (Reuters) -World number one and 20-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will leave the Olympics without a medal for the third Games in succession after pulling out of Saturday's mixed doubles bronze medal match with a shoulder injury.
The Serbian, who won a singles bronze in Beijing in 2008 but failed to earn a podium place at London, Rio and now Tokyo, withdrew from the mixed doubles minutes after losing to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta in the singles bronze medal match.
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