Tim Henman picks Novak Djokovic's 'biggest achievement' after silencing Alcaraz and Sinner

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Novak jovic's breathtaking victory over Carlos alcarez to clinch his first Olympic gold medal could be the best of his career so far according to Tim Henman the Serbian is one of eight men to complete the non-calendar Grand Slam holding all four majors at the same time and has won the most grand slams of any male player in the history of tennis with 24 titles but until this year the Olympic gold had somehow eluded him with jovic's only medal coming at Beijing 2008 when he won the bronze medal match he managed to rectify that at the 2024 Paris games earlier this month however when he progressed to the final and beat alcaraz in straight sets with a 7 to6 7 to6 Triumph at Roland garos it came not even a month after the Spaniard had crushed jokovic 6-2 6-2 7 to six in straight sets to clinch back-to-back Wimbledon titles prior to that jokovic pulled out of the French Open after suffering a knee injury and was forced to undergo surgery even by jovic's lofy standards for the 37-year-old to recover in such a short space of time both M and physically left tennis fans and pundits astounded and Henman was no different now the US Open beckons and The Benchmark resets again at the beginning of the year The Narrative was round Jan Nick CER and alcaras jokovic wasn't playing his best cner won the Australian Open and then alcaraz went back to back at the French Open and Wimbledon Inman told Express sport this is where I really do take my hat off to jokovic because the one title he was missing from his CD was the Olympic gold and with all due respect I really believe Paris was his last realistic chance of winning as singles gold the psychology behind that the pressure is all self-inflicted and I'm sure he really would have put a lot of pressure on himself he played well at Roland garos but then had the knee surgery but again I think it made his achievement of making a Wimbledon final even more significant but to lose a very one-sided final against alcarez and then play him in the Olympic final that one match was perhaps jovic's biggest achievement jokovic will be the only remaining member of The Big Three to compete at Flushing Meadows this year after Rafael Nadal pulled out of the tournament as he wouldn't be able to give his 100% addressing the spaniard's absence Henman expressed his disappointment that the 38-year-old would miss out but remained optimistic that he will return to the court in the future I'm sad not to see Rafa in New York because he's one of the greatest of the game and anytime you could see him on court with not only his skills but his energy and passion it's a great spectacle edman added for him not to be there is disappointing for us fans but fingers crossed he will be back on court Rafa has always been very careful and diligent with his schedule making sure when he does play he's ready and 100% fit to play if that's not the case he wants to give himself the best opportunity to get back on court whenever that may be these great at any sport they can't play forever but hopefully we have a few more opportunities to enjoy Rafa when he is back on Court and that wraps up today's news thank you for watching don't forget to like share and subscribe for more tennis content see you next time

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