Djokovic seeks an eternal legacy

Novak Djokovic He doesn’t have to prove anything, but his place on the tennis Olympus could be even higher this year. The Serbian, who began his career in the Australian Openwill look for another “Grand Slam”.

Djokovic, with 24 “Majors”, is tied with the Australian Margaret Court, the tennis player with the most Grand Slam singles titles in history, with 24. So this season, at 37 years of age, she could enhance her greatness.

Australia is his first option, but the road is not easy for Djokovic, who has been increasingly diminished in his physical game. But the first Grand Slam of the season always smiles at him, not in vain does he have 10 in his history.

In the first round he will face the young American Nisheh Basavareddy, invited by the organization. In the round of 16, he could meet the world number 10, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov; in the quarterfinals, with the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (No. 3), and in the semifinals with the German Alexander Zverev.

But if Australia becomes difficult for him, Djokovic will have three more options (Wimbledon, Roland Garros and the US Open) to enhance his legacy.

Alcaraz aims high

About to start the 2025 season at the Australian Open, the only major missing from his record at only 21 years old, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz stressed this Saturday that his priority is “to try to win the Grand Slams”, of which he has four .

“For me the objective is to try to win Grand Slams, Masters 1000 – the second category of the circuit -… They are the most important tournaments in the world,” he said at the press conference prior to the start of the game in Melbourne.

“It’s clear, the classification is also part of it and I will try to get as close as I can to Jannik Sinner (1st ATP) and surpass him,” said the world number three.