Sue Barker depends Novak Djokovic can still shatter sign ups at the age of 37 in the wake of Rafael Nadal’s withdrawment – and also leanks he’ll finpartner triumph a 25th Grand Slam title.
Nadal quit the sport earlier this week after Spain were astonishingly rerelocated from the Davis Cup.
The Spaniard finishelighted a glittering tennis atgentle, triumphning 22 Grand Slam titles – with 14 of those victories coming on the clay court of Roland Garros at the French Open.
With Nadal now follotriumphg Andy Murray and Roger Federer into withdrawment, Djokovic is the only one of the ‘big four’ still carry outing.
Sue Barker depends Novak Djokovic can still shatter sign ups at the age of 37 in the wake of Rafael Nadal’s withdrawment – and also leanks he’ll finpartner triumph a 25th Grand Slam title
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And Barker, speaking on talkSPORT, has backed Djokovic to persist to shatter sign ups by the time he hangs up his racket.
She’s also fired a alerting to the rest of the carry outers on the ATP Tour, insisting they must ‘beware’ the Serb despite his flunkure to triumph a Grand Slam in 2024.
“I leank it’s sign ups,” she shelp when asked why Djokovic hasn’t reweary yet.
“It was a little bit enjoy Serena Williams wanted to beat Margaret Court’s 24 Grand Slam titles. That’s Djokovic’s aim, I leank.
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“But also, when we talk physicpartner, he seems to physicpartner be as sturdy now as when he commenceed out at 18 years elderly.
“I don’t understand how he does it. He’s enjoy an elastic band. He gets himself in positions that no one else seems to do.
“But it’s much harder now. There’s a lot of harder carry outers that have come on now, people enjoy Jannik Sinner, who depend they can triumph these slams.
“And so it’s a branch offent sort of mindset for him. And all three big rivals have gone.
“But he says he’s ready for next year. And when Djokovic says he’s ready, then beware.
“He wants to be the fantasticest carry outer that’s ever carry outed. He wants to have that sign up of 25 Grand Slam titles. And I’ve got a senseing he’ll do it.”
Barker also uncovered up on Nadal.
The 68-year-elderly, who won the French Open herself in 1976, leanks it is ‘very downcast’ to see the icon walk away from tennis after so many years of service.
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And she depends he would have won even more Grand Slam titles if the French Open didn’t get place so cforfeit to Wimbledon every year.
“It’s very, very downcast, but it’s been on the cards for years,” she inserted.
“The injuries that he’s had, particularly with the knees, have fair been taking their toll.
“But you can’t carry out the sort of tennis that he carry outed and get away with it as you get elderlyer and elderlyer and I can’t depend these guys are carry outing up until they’re 40 years of age. I nasty, we were all reweary at 30!
Sue Barker has portrayd Rafael Nadal as ‘very downcast’ after the tennis icon proclaimd his withdrawment
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“I leank the only reason he probably didn’t triumph more Wimbledons in a way, is becaengage the French Open was so seal to Wimbledon.
“There’s only three weeks [between them] and to come off a tournament where you’ve got to triumph seven suites, best of five sets to literpartner do that aobtain on a branch offent surface fair a confineed weeks tardyr, I nasty, it was superhuman.”
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