Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic’s father, Srdjan Djokovic, mentioned he hopes his son retires from the game after the tip of the 2024 season, including its time for him to benefit from the subsequent chapter of his life. The 36-year-old, holds the report for essentially the most grand slams gained amongst males (23), lately misplaced the Wimbledon closing to world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. The Serb, who will flip 37 subsequent yr in May, was chasing a report twenty fourth Grand Slam title, which might’ve levelled him with Margaret Court for essentially the most Grand Slam titles gained by one participant.

“As far as my wishes for him go, he has already fulfilled them all seven-eight years ago. The rest is this amazing bonus,” Tennis Majors quoted Srdjan as saying on Sportal’s documentary titled ‘Novak Djokovic – Untold Stories’.

“And for Novak to slowly but surely… It’s not the end, but in a year-and-a-half let’s say… My wish as a father – I think for some time that he should have stopped working this extremely difficult job. It’s physically and mentally challenging and very demanding – with him being fully dedicated for 30 years, and not taking his foot off the gas, there is not much time for other things in life,” he added.

However, Srdjan feels enjoying tennis is not the one part of his profession, and it is now time for the rising crop of gamers to seize the centre stage.

“Tennis is only one segment of his life, not his whole life, I expect him to be recognized for the things he will do after his career ends as well, after he leaves the tennis world, which I hope it will happen next year,” Djokovic senior added.

His mom, Dijana, nevertheless, mentioned that Novak will play for an additional yr or two, however on the finish of the day, it will likely be his selection whether or not to proceed or not after that.

“It’s all up to him. As far as I’m concerned, he can retire right now – he has won everything.”