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Djokovic on his future: "Why stop while you're still playing great?"
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12/27/2023
Novak Djokovic admits that he has no intentions of retiring anytime soon as he is 'still playing great', as he also admits that his rivalry with Carlos Alcaraz and the other young players is a great thing for tennis.
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I feel great in my own body right now and I've been playing some really high quality tennis.
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2023 was one of the best seasons I've had in my life and why stop while you're still playing great.
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So I'll keep going and take it one by one, you know, and see how far I go.
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Tom Brady is a great example of a champion in his sport and someone that has
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had such a great career and longevity. He has put a lot of hours and a lot of time into
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self-care, into recovery, into making sure that in a way every aspect of
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his body and mind is covered so that he can have a long lasting successful career. So I know him
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personally as well and I learned a lot from him, from his example and hopefully I can have a career
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that goes up to 40 or maybe even beyond. I think it's very good that we have another great driver
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in tennis. Alkaraz is youngest ever year and number one in the history of our sport. He's
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only 20 but he has won multiple Grand Slams and big titles, being already a consistent
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top two, three player, you know, for such a young age is amazing.
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And he's going to be definitely one of the leaders of the future of tennis in the next 10-15 years.
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I'm sure we're going to see a lot of him winning big tournaments.
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And obviously Nadal wasn't playing the entire 2023 so,
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Federer retiring also last year, you know, kind of our era is coming to an end but,
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you know, you have Alkaraz emerging which is great and I was very happy that I had, you know,
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four very good matches with him this year. Each match attracted a lot of attention,
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we had a lot of great highlights and it's good. It's good for our sport. You have Carlos,
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you have Sinner, Rooney, you know, young players who are going to carry this sport
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for the years to come. You know, I took some time off and I started to train without the racket and
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of course I've been practicing now tennis for the last couple of weeks and I'm here, you know,
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playing with Carlos. It's a great opportunity to play tennis on a higher level before travelling
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to Australia and hopefully starting the season on a good note.
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