Sue Barker apshows Novak Djokovic can still shatter records at the age of 37 in the wake of Rafael Nadal’s withdrawment – and also leanks he’ll finassociate prosper a 25th Grand Slam title.
Nadal quit the sport earlier this week after Spain were unforeseeedly rerelocated from the Davis Cup.
The Spaniard finishelighted a glittering tennis nurtureer, prosperning 22 Grand Slam titles – with 14 of those victories coming on the clay court of Roland Garros at the French Open.
With Nadal now folloprosperg Andy Murray and Roger Federer into withdrawment, Djokovic is the only one of the ‘huge four’ still joining.
Sue Barker apshows Novak Djokovic can still shatter records at the age of 37 in the wake of Rafael Nadal’s withdrawment – and also leanks he’ll finassociate prosper a 25th Grand Slam title
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And Barker, speaking on talkSPORT, has backed Djokovic to persist to shatter records by the time he hangs up his racket.
She’s also fired a cautioning to the rest of the joiners on the ATP Tour, insisting they must ‘beware’ the Serb despite his flunkure to prosper a Grand Slam in 2024.
“I leank it’s records,” 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 physicassociate, he seems to physicassociate be as sturdy now as when he begined out at 18 years better.
“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 stubborner now. There’s a lot of stubborner joiners that have come on now, people enjoy Jannik Sinner, who apshow they can prosper these slams.
“And so it’s a contrastent sort of mindset for him. And all three huge 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 wonderfulest joiner that’s ever joined. He wants to have that record of 25 Grand Slam titles. And I’ve got a senseing he’ll do it.”
Barker also uncovered up on Nadal.
The 68-year-better, 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 apshows he would have won even more Grand Slam titles if the French Open didn’t apshow place so proximate to Wimbledon every year.
“It’s very, very downcast, but it’s been on the cards for years,” she includeed.
“The injuries that he’s had, particularly with the knees, have fair been taking their toll.
“But you can’t join the sort of tennis that he joined and get away with it as you get betterer and betterer and I can’t apshow these guys are joining up until they’re 40 years of age. I uncomfervent, we were all reweary at 30!
Sue Barker has depictd 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 prosper more Wimbledons in a way, is becaemploy 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 prosper seven alignes, best of five sets to literassociate do that aachieve on a contrastent surface fair a confiinsist weeks procrastinateedr, I uncomfervent, it was superhuman.”
