{"id":251367,"date":"2025-11-08T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251367\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:12:08","slug":"novak-djokovic-forced-to-correct-journalist-in-awkward-press-conference-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251367\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic forced to correct journalist in awkward press conference moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic was forced to correct a journalist in his press conference, with the 38-year-old hoping to add another title to his collection when he faces Lorenzo Musetti in the final of the Hellenic Championship on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The former world No 1 has been in fine form in Athens and, on Friday, reached the final by beating German star Yannick Hanfmann.<\/p>\n

Djokovic has, however, slipped below tennis’ elite in recent times – with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner domating the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz won the French Open and US Open this year, while Sinner increased his haul of majors with triumphs at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

Djokovic, speaking as he prepares for Saturday’s final in Greece, had to correct a journalist who started their question by saying: “[You] said that Sinner and Alcaraz raised tennis on another level.”<\/p>\n

However, the Serb then hit back and insisted that’s not exactly what he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t say that. I said that those two play level above others currently,” said the tennis legend.<\/p>\n

“Have to show some respect to us. Has to be some respect for Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal] , Andy [Murray] and me. That\u2019s the level of tennis we want. Those two are level above others.”<\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic has more Grand Slam titles than any other player in history<\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic was forced to correct a journalist in his press conference, with the 38-year-old hoping to add another title to his collection when he faces Lorenzo Musetti in the final of the Hellenic Championship on Saturday<\/p>\n

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Djokovic is the last member of tennis’ big four still standing.<\/p>\n

Roger Federer retired in 2022 after winning 20 majors.<\/p>\n

He is the only male player in history to have eight Wimbledon crowns, with his swashbuckling style earning him a place in the history books.<\/p>\n

Andy Murray quit the sport after last year’s Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

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Though he often found himself missing out on Grand Slam titles to his rivals, he still managed two Wimbledon crowns and one US Open trophy.<\/p>\n

Nadal secured 22 Grand Slams during his own career before retiring from the sport last year.<\/p>\n

A staggering 14 of those came on the clay courts of Roland Garros, a total that is unlikely to ever be beaten.<\/p>\n

Djokovic, however, doesn’t appear ready to hang up his racket just yet.<\/p>\n

He has won 24 Grand Slams, more than any other player, and remains determined to add one more to his trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n

Speaking recently, he admitted he was frustrated at questions over his furture because he’s still eager to play at the highest level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do I need to get this question all the time?” he said. <\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic is still going strong at the age of 38<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I\u2019ve earned the right to play for as long as I really want.<\/p>\n

“Stan Wawrinka gets asked that a lot too \u2014 and I\u2019ve heard his interviews and thought he was absolutely right when he said: \u2018Hey guys, leave me alone. Let me play, let me enjoy myself.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally, I understand people\u2019s curiosity, but right now that doesn\u2019t exist in my head. <\/p>\n

“Of course it\u2019s crossed my mind a few times, but at the end of the day I\u2019ve decided to simply play on my own terms \u2014 to play where I want to play, not where others think I should.”<\/p>\n

Saturday’s meeting will be the 10th between Djokovic and Musetti.<\/p>\n

The Serb has won eight of those matches, with his sole defeat coming in Monte Carlo in 2023. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic was forced to correct a journalist in his press conference, with the 38-year-old hoping to add…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[217,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-251367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}