{"id":296381,"date":"2025-07-27T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296381\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T17:11:12","slug":"mansour-bahrami-says-where-he-thinks-novak-djokovic-is-most-likely-to-win-his-record-breaking-25th-grand-slam-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296381\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansour Bahrami says where he thinks Novak Djokovic is most likely to win his record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Novak Djokovic\u2019s window of opportunity is slowly closing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Serbian superstar is aiming to win his 25th Grand Slam title, which would break his jointly-held record for the most singles Grand Slams won by any player \u2013 a record currently shared with Margaret Court.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his unmatched achievements, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Djokovic<\/a> has struggled to capture that elusive 25th major crown. When Djokovic plays at the US Open, it will mark two years since his last Grand Slam triumph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/atp-tour-told-their-schedule-doesnt-work-and-must-change-after-carlos-alcaraz-and-novak-djokovic-pull-out-of-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Djokovic, who has withdrawn from the upcoming Toronto Open<\/a>, has seen his past rivals \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/rafael-nadal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Roger Federer \u2013 retire from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Djokovic, these icons have been replaced by future icons: <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224676624-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Day Twelve: The Championships - Wimbledon 2025\" \/>Photo by Shi Tang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Mansour Bahrami, another icon of the sport, has weighed in on Djokovic\u2019s chances of winning another Grand Slam in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Mansour Bahrami says Novak Djokovic is most likely to win his 25th Grand Slam at the Australian Open<\/p>\n<p>After an impressive playing career, Mansour Bahrami has transformed himself into one of tennis\u2019 most prominent entertainers.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrami, who performs numerous tricks and highlight-reel shots during invitational matches at Grand Slams, expressed his admiration for Novak Djokovic while speaking to Gigi Salmon on the <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/40VIEUxrn4mp9UNI3auBNv?si=ILd-N7flRlCl1Cn5Gxx6gA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Courtside Conversations<\/a> Podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrami, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/mansour-bahrami-reveals-what-he-told-jannik-sinner-in-the-locker-room-right-before-the-wimbledon-final-vs-carlos-alcaraz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed what he said to Jannik Sinner before the Wimbledon final<\/a>, noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> may have been Djokovic\u2019s last opportunity to win a 25th slam, while also pinpointing the tournament where Djokovic is most likely to break that elusive record.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrami said: \u201cI thought that he is going to do it. I know that it\u2019s going to get more and more difficult.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1463819017-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the Men's Singles Final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during day 14 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia.\" class=\"wp-image-315816\" \/>Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me Wimbledon was maybe the last one so it would be unbelievable and he has done so many things unbelievable that we all are amazed how great he\u2019s done. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great champion, he\u2019s won everything and so is he capable at almost 39 to go and win Australian Open. I would say if there is one that would be Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s going to be very, very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic\u2019s latest opportunity went up in smoke at Wimbledon. The Serbian star lost to Jannik Sinner in straight sets at the semi-final stage \u2013 a repeat of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018shot at history\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/66766337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speaking<\/a> after his record-equalling title in Flushing Meadows, Djokovic conveyed the experience of living his childhood dream, noting his opportunity at a \u2018shot at history.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic said: \u201cIt obviously means the world to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really living my childhood dream to compete at the highest level in this sport, which has given me and my family so much from difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought I would be here but the last couple of years I thought I had a shot at history. Why not grab it when it is presented?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic\u2019s window of opportunity is slowly closing. The Serbian superstar is aiming to win his 25th Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79963,4723,107931,4295,79,1068,16,15,18056],"class_list":{"0":"post-296381","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-australian-open","10":"tag-mansour-bahrami","11":"tag-novak-djokovic","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-us-open-tennis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114926315016603834","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296381","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=296381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}