{"id":270927,"date":"2025-07-18T02:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/270927\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:46:11","slug":"novak-djokovic-is-told-something-has-gone-for-him-in-grand-slams-after-losing-to-jannik-sinner-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/270927\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic is told something has \u2018gone\u2019 for him in Grand Slams after losing to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Novak Djokovic\u2019s window to achieve a 25th major title is getting smaller with every passing major tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2025 US Open will mark two years since Djokovic\u2019s last Grand Slam title, when he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final to claim his 24th major. The Serbian player is attempting to claim a 25th major, which would put him one clear of Margaret Court\u2019s total.<\/p>\n

Djokovic<\/a> has struggled to usurp the new kids on the block in recent times, losing to Jannik Sinner<\/a> in both the French Open and Wimbledon<\/a> semi-finals.<\/p>\n

However, Djokovic did beat Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> at the Australian Open in 2025, and at the 2024 Olympic Games to claim an elusive gold medal.<\/p>\n

Despite these successes, one journalist has made a dour prediction about the Serbian star\u2019s future at Grand Slam tournaments.<\/p>\n

\"NovakPhoto by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesMatt Roberts says Novak Djokovic can no longer beat both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at a Grand Slam<\/p>\n

Tennis journalist Matt Roberts was speaking with David Law and Catherine Whitaker during their overview of this year\u2019s Wimbledon, when the topic of Djokovic\u2019s US Open<\/a> chances arose.<\/p>\n

Roberts, who was speaking on The Tennis Podcast<\/a>, acknowledged that you can never write off a player like Djokovic. However, he believes Djokovic\u2019s chances of beating both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at a Grand Slam are \u2018gone.\u2019<\/p>\n

Roberts said: \u201cI think you can\u2019t write him off completely because, I agree with you David [Law], if something happens and Sinner loses early or Alcaraz loses early, I still think Djokovic is the most likely to pick up the pieces because, yes, he\u2019s struggling in these latter stages but I think he\u2019s really struggling because he\u2019s having to face a Sinner or an Alcaraz, and that\u2019s taking so much out of him.<\/p>\n

\"DayPhoto by Frey\/TPN\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, [during] the latter stages of a slam, if his route to the title suddenly looked like Fritz to play Zverev \u2013 I think if he\u2019s not had to face Sinner, if he\u2019s not had to face Alcaraz, yes he\u2019s feeling it a bit, but I\u2019m probably still backing him because of his experience and his talent and what he can still do, what he would have in the tank.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you can\u2019t write him off completely but in the slams that we\u2019ve seen recently where the fields are holding up and Sinner and\/or Alcaraz are getting there at the end, I think it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that has gone for Novak Djokovic in terms of being able to beat both of them in the latter and that now is what it feels like he has to do and that to me is where the shift has been and that\u2019s to me what he was saying in that press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he still thinks if Dimitrov takes out Sinner, suddenly it\u2019s all looking a little bit different and he\u2019s maybe hanging on that and he can maybe hope that one of those happens in the next year or so, which is possible, but at this stage feels quite unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic\u2019s last Grand Slam victory<\/p>\n

The last time Djokovic won the US Open, the tennis landscape was very different. Carlos Alcaraz was number one in the world and Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion.<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner had also yet to realise his potential. He was the number six seed at the tournament.<\/p>\n\nUS Open 2023 Round<\/strong><\/td>\nNovak Djokovic\u2019s Opponent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n128<\/td>\nbeat Alexandre Muller 6-0 6-2 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n64<\/td>\nbeat Bernab\u00e9 Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-1 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n32<\/td>\nbeat Laslo Djere 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n16<\/td>\nbeat Borna Gojo 6-2 7-5 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQuarter-Final<\/td>\nbeat Taylor Fritz 6-1 6-1 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSemi-Final<\/td>\nbeat Ben Shelton 6-1 6-1 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFinal<\/td>\nbeat Daniil Medvedev 6-3 7-6 6-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The Serbian star was imperious at the tournament. Despite struggling through a five-setter against Laslo Djere, Djokovic did not drop another set in any other match.<\/p>\n

Djokovic will be hoping to produce the same form at this year\u2019s US Open, which will run from August 24 to September 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic\u2019s window to achieve a 25th major title is getting smaller with every passing major tournament. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79963,6359,4718,4295,79,1068,16,15,18056,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-270927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp-tennis-players","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-novak-djokovic","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-us-open-tennis","17":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114871952111303192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}