Jimmy Connors weighs in on Novak Djokovic’s US Open exit and addresses lower expectations claim

tennis great Jimmy Connor has played down the suggestion Novak jokovic did not have high expectations for himself at the 2024 US Open due to his Olympics Victory the eight-time Grand Slam Champion thinks though that jokovic achieving his goal of winning an Olympic gold will have made the Serb have a different attitude towards a lot of things jokovic fell to a shock foret defeat to world number 28 alexe poin in the third round of the US Open his earliest loss at a major for over 7 years the 37-year-old tennis icon was the defending champion at the US Open having claimed his 24th and most recent Grand Slam title in New York last year jokovic won his only title of the 2024 campaign so far at the Paris Olympics last month where he downed Carlos alcarez in the final to secure a maiden gold medal on an episode of the advantage Connor podcast Jimmy Connor and his son Brett discussed jovic's us open exit Britt Connor said when he got that medal and maybe relaxed a little celebrated had some fun went to Serbia hung out with his family and friends he didn't play any warm-up events so do you think like his expectations coming in might not have been that high he's still probably reving in the Olympic gold medal Connors did not agree with his son's assessment and argued jokovic would have been expecting to win at flushing meows despite the impact of his Olympic title that certainly was an accomplishment and the one that was on his bucket list said the American he's won everything else hasn't he but I don't think especially at this time when he's getting older and like everybody else there's going to be an end I don't think he'd ever come in not expecting the best of himself even though he did maybe celebrate a little bit and have some fun all that I still think when he ties those shoelaces he expects to come in and be what he's been all these years and that's a winner but I will go back and say that was a priority and to come off of that and to have wanted like he did probably made him kind of have a different attitude towards a lot of things but I don't think he ever wants to cut himself short

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