Novak Djokovic has \u201cno thoughts of shutting things down\u201d his career and is planning to play in 2026 and 2027, according to former doubles world No 1 and coach Mark Knowles.<\/p>\n
The legendary Serbian celebrated his 38th birthday in May during his run to his 100th and most recent ATP singles title at the Geneva Open.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> accomplished the remarkable feat of reaching the semi-finals at all four Grand Slam tournaments this season, but he was unable to win a set in any of these matches.<\/p>\n He fell to Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> at the US Open and Jannik Sinner<\/a> at both Wimbledon and the French Open, while he was forced to retire due to a hamstring injury in his Australian Open last four clash with Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n After his US Open loss to Alcaraz earlier this month, Djokovic was downbeat about his chances of beating both the Spaniard and Sinner at the majors.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be very difficult for me in the future to overcome the hurdle of Sinner and Alcaraz in the best of five on the Grand Slams,\u201d Djokovic said. \u201cI think I have a better chance in best of three, but best of five, it\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking on the Tennis Channel Inside-In podcast, Knowles revealed what he has heard about Djokovic\u2019s plans amid speculation over the tennis icon\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know what, Novak [Djokovic] is hard to speculate on. I don\u2019t think any mere mortal could find motivation to still play, but he does,\u201d Knowles said.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic News<\/p>\n Bjorn Borg goes against the grain with Novak Djokovic Grand Slam statement as he names the GOAT<\/a><\/p>\n