Prize money and ranking points collected by Novak Djokovic as he wins 101st title<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m truly sorry to the fans who were hoping to see me play \u2013 your support means so much.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish all the players an amazing tournament, and I can\u2019t wait to be back on the court with you all soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Djokovic has been criticised for his late withdrawal from the ATP Finals after he was included in the initial draw, but it appears his retirement from tennis may not be as imminent as many expected.<\/p>\n
Speaking after he beat Lorenzo Musetti to win the ATP 250 event in Athens, he again stated his desire to finish his career at the 2028 Olympics, but it is clear that he now has big question marks over that ambition after a couple of years that has seen his body let him down time and again as he battles against the ageing process after a gruelling career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always had this throughout my life and my career, I\u2019ve always had a schedule in my head for a year or more, what I want, how I want it,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I\u2019ve achieved absolutely all possible goals, I said about the 2028 Olympics because I wanted to play for so many more years. So maybe ending up at the Olympic Games with the Serbian flag, that would be nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then pondered whether that ambition was realistic, as he added this note of uncertainty: \u201cI don\u2019t know, I mean, I really don\u2019t know, because there are some things that are not entirely in my control. I\u2019m trying to be as healthy as possible mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a year that has been hampered by injuries, it is hard to believe Djokovic will continue to play for another three seasons to make that appearance in the Olympics, unless he plays an even more limited tournament schedule in a bid to try and reach his end game in the summer of 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic has made no secret of his planned retirement date, but he has admitted he may not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-283163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}