{"id":5420,"date":"2025-07-19T08:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5420\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:42:03","slug":"novak-djokovic-made-honest-admission-after-tennis-pal-asked-retirement-question-tennis-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/5420\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic made honest admission after tennis pal asked retirement question – Tennis – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following his Wimbledon loss to Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic has been rumored to be considering retirement within the next year.<\/a> The seasoned Serbian player appeared outmatched by his younger opponent at SW19, leading to a straight-sets defeat and fueling retirement talks.<\/p>\n

It’s been almost two years since Djokovic, now 37,<\/a> clinched a Grand Slam title with his victory at the U.S. Open in 2023. Critics often suggest he lacks motivation, a sentiment echoed by Nick Kyrgios, who despite past criticisms, now regards Djokovic as a friend.<\/p>\n

Kyrgios shared insights from a revealing chat with Djokovic on the All on the Table podcast, recalling their interaction at Indian Wells earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“I think he’s got to be finished soon,” Kyrgios remarked. “Like, come on… what more? I asked him this at Indian Wells this year. We were in the locker room and I said: ‘Why are you here? Why are you playing?’ He just goes: ‘I don’t know’.<\/p>\n

“I go: ‘What about your kids? I know you want to spend time with your family’. He said: ‘Yeah, I don’t know’. That was the first time I think he misses his family a lot. I stay in touch with him all the time.<\/p>\n

“I can’t see him playing for more than another year. Not again. Not the whole year again. He is so professional. I am just speaking from my experience if I had a family like his and kids.<\/p>\n

“It’s like Andy Murray. It’s like you play your whole career and then you retire and you don’t spend any time at home, you just go straight into coaching again. If I was his partner I would be so angry.”<\/p>\n

This remark follows Serena Williams’ ex-coach Rennae Stubbs speculating that Djokovic might call it quits after a final appearance at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

On her podcast, Stubbs commented: “We all thought Wimbledon was his best chance to win another Grand Slam title, but he failed to achieve this goal. I believe that his next huge goal will be the Australian Open, a tournament that has always been special for him.<\/p>\n

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“He had one of the worst experiences of his life in Melbourne a few years ago, but he won 10 times there. I do not exclude that the next edition of the AO could also be the last tournament of his career.”<\/p>\n

Djokovic is on the roster for the upcoming Cincinnati Open next month, though his participation remains unconfirmed. He opted out of the same event last year, choosing to recuperate post-Olympics where he clinched the gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following his Wimbledon loss to Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic has been rumored to be considering retirement within the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,963,3592,85,747],"class_list":["post-5420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}