Tennis-Djokovic flying the flag for the 'older guys' amid generational shift


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 25 Apr 2025

Laureus World Sports Awards - Palacio de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain - April 21, 2025 Serbia tennis player Novak Djokovic arrives ahead of the awards ceremony REUTERS/Juan Medina

(Reuters) -Novak Djokovic acknowledges the generational shift in tennis that has brought a new crop of players into the limelight but the 24-time Grand Slam champion says he has no intention of quietly fading into the background.

The 37-year-old won three out of the four major titles in 2023 but has not been able to reproduce that kind of form since, being shut out of the game's biggest tournaments last year as Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz took two apiece.

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