Djokovic is the all-time leader for most Grand Slam men's singles titles and one of only three men to hold all four Grand Slam championships simultaneously. But an Olympic gold had escaped him.
Djokovic is the all-time leader for most Grand Slam men's singles titles and one of only three men to hold all four Grand Slam championships simultaneously. But an Olympic gold had escaped him.Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to beating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz to win gold after their men's singles final tennis match at the Roland-Garros Stadium Sunday during the Paris Olympics. It was Djokovic's first-ever gold medal.
He's the all-time leader for most Grand Slam men's singles titles . He's just one of three men to hold all four Grand Slam championships simultaneously. When he won the French Open last year, he became the first man to win each Grand Slam event — the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open — at least three times.
But at 37, there was one elusive title that escaped him during his long and glorious career: Olympic champion. That drought ended Sunday at famed Roland-Garros stadium where the number-two ranked player has had so much success before. In straight sets , Djokovic ended the match when he swatted a forehand winner against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz. The crowd erupted.
The righthander, who started playing tennis when he was four and turned professional more than two decades ago in 2003, shook hands with Alcaraz and then collapsed onto the red clay court. On all fours, he began sobbing and shaking. The intensity of his emotion was surprising.who has winning records against the greats like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and who had won so much in his career now had the one title that eluded him for far too long: an Olympic gold medal.
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