In his personal museum there are already all the existing tennis trophies, but in the center of everything there is a space reserved for the only medal he lacks; an Olympic gold medal. Novak Djokovic completed his cycling race and climbed Mount Olympus in Paris.
Novak Djokovic celebrated his gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the tennis player was very excited. (Miguel Medina/AFP)
He did it against the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who a few weeks ago swept him in the Wimbledon final. This Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in a very close match, the Serbian won both sets with a score of 7-6, 7-6 in the tiebreak.
The winningest player in tennis history, with 24 Grand Slam titles – 10 in Australia, three at the French Open, seven at Wimbledon and four at the U.S. Open – has yet to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
At 37, this is his last chance to achieve that goal, but ahead of him is young prodigy Alcaraz, who at just 21 is already a player marking the times.
As if that wasn’t enough, they lost to him 3-0 (2-6, 2-6, 6-7) just this past July 14. Dojokovic was visibly moved to tears during the celebration.
