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Well done, @DjokerNole, on winning the gold medal at #Paris2024.@carlosalcaraz put up a strong fight and obviously has a bright future ahead, but Djokovic had an ace up his sleeve whenever he was serving. That was the key to his success today, in my opinion. Alcaraz has what it takes, but to truly dominate for years on all surfaces, he’ll need to step up his serve!”
Everything [about this is special], but most of all it is my country,
I won the bronze in my first Olympic Games (2008) and ever since then failed to win the medal and played three out of four Olympic Games in semi-finals and couldn't overcome that obstacle,
Djokovic, proudly wearing his medal, told reporters Until today I thought that carrying the Serbian flag at the 2012 opening ceremony in London is the best feeling that an athlete could have,
I don't think I've ever played, maybe a few times in my life, such a high level for three hours for only two sets,
But thinking about that moment, it was really close at the end of the match. I couldn’t think [about] the things clearly and that’s why I got emotional at the end. But I’m right now thinking, I’m going to say more relaxed. I think I made them proud, I made them believe in a certain way. And I’m proud about the way I represented my flag."
Though Alcaraz had already begun to process the result and added Carlos, although I know that today is a difficult day, value a medal that is very important for the whole country; in time you will see that for you too,
Nadal wrote on his Instagram story Congrats Novak on achieving the Golden Slam and being able to achieve what you wanted. Well done.”
Look, I still, I want to play in Los Angeles. I enjoy playing for my country in Olympic Games particularly and Davis Cup. It’s something that, being part of a team,
he started, before being cut off by the arrival of Troicki, who briefly popped his head around the doorway Olympic Games come every four years so the opportunity to win gold for your country is very rare and I knew the fact that I’m 37 and I don’t know how many more chances I would have,
It was an incredible fight and I had to play my best tennis
Also telling Eurosport, he said I'm super grateful for the blessing to win a historic gold medal for my country, to complete the Golden Slam, to complete all the records,
It’s a little bit different,
he said of the Grand Slam matches compared to Sunday's Olympics final I play four Grand Slams every year and Olympic Games is one every four years so probably you could feel the pressure playing. As I said, I could feel [it]."
I’m really proud and I’m leaving the court, I’m leaving the tournament with my head really, really high knowing that I gave everything on the court, I gave everything that I could on court today and I will [be] back stronger and I hope to learn from this situation,
I am a little bit disappointed but I'm going to leave the court with my head high,
In the difficult moments, he increased his level,
I'm telling myself always that I am enough, because I can be very self critical,
Of course I've won everything there is to win probably in my individual career, but winning the Davis Cup, and particularly a golden medal for an Olympic Games for Serbia at the age of 37, is unprecedented,
I put my heart, my soul, everything to win gold