№ 745. Tennis, Djokovic's Gold & the Paris 2024 Olympics

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Djokovic, the all-time men’s leader with 24 Grand Slam singles titles, joined an elite club of people who have won all four majors and Olympic gold: Steffi Graf (1988), Andre Agassi (1999), Rafael Nadal (2010) and Serena Williams (2012).

Djokovic’s one previous medal was a bronze in 2008 at Beijing after losing to Nadal in the semifinals; Djokovic also was beaten in the semifinals by the eventual champions at London in 2012 (Andy Murray) and at Tokyo three years ago.

During his quarterfinal win over Stefanos Tsitsipas, Djokovic twice called the physio for his right knee, the same knee on which he had surgery in early June after withdrawing from Roland Garros. He said he was “very worried” about his knee but he rebounded to take out Musetti in straight sets in the semifinals. And then he defeated Alcaraz to win the elusive gold medal.

“He was already a mythological creature in Serbia and this only adds gold to his resume,” Mary Carillo said on Peacock.

“There is no doubt this man has stamped himself as the greatest player we’ve ever seen play this sport,” Rennae Stubbs added.

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