The 36-year-old Novak Djokovic and 44-year-old Rohan Bopanna each champions are defying the chances and proving that age is only a quantity with their singles and doubles No. 1 crowns in ATP Rankings historical past. On Sunday, Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer to turn into the oldest World No. 1 in ATP Rankings historical past whereas Bopanna leads the ATP Doubles Rankings.  “It’s not really balanced. It’s not 50-50. He brings more years to the 80. But I think we’re still going strong,” Djokovic mentioned in a video shared by ATP Tour on X.

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The duo shared phrases of knowledge, saying “experience prevails” and added that tennis present quite a lot of precious classes

“I’d say experience, but also still being devoted and dedicated to the game every single day. I see him in the gym countless hours, also in the physio a bit more than before. But it’s amazing to share the Tour with you for so many years and what an incredible moment to be the oldest No. 1 in singles and doubles at the same time,” Djokovic mentioned.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion is hopeful to perform one thing in India quickly to allow them to play there.

“It’s great for Serbian tennis and Indian tennis and hopefully we can do something in India soon, we can play there. I really look forward to it. It’s amazing. We are old, but gold!” Djokovic mentioned.

On the opposite hand, the Serbian enters the Monte-Carlo Masters with an 8-3 document this season and has battled at occasions, dropping within the semi-finals on the Australian Open and the third spherical at Indian Wells.
Since successful his second Monte-Carlo title in 2015, Djokovic has did not go previous the quarter-finals in his final seven outings on the ATP Masters 1000 match. The prime seed, chasing his first championship of the season, will look to get off to a fast begin towards Roman Safiullin or a qualifier.

Meanwhile, within the doubles subject, Bopanna and Matthew Ebden lead the doubles subject, aiming for his or her third victory of the season after successful the Australian Open and the Miami Open.

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