{"id":875,"date":"2024-11-15T02:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T02:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2024-11-15T02:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T02:15:02","slug":"very-d%d0%b0ngerous-nov%d0%b0k-djokovic-b%d0%b0cked-for-gr%d0%b0nd-sl%d0%b0m-resurgence-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Very d\u0430ngerous&#8217; Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<header><\/header>\n<section>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2F02185807%2FNovak-Djokovic-points-Wimbledon-2024-1320x742.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1080px) 1320px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2F02185807%2FNovak-Djokovic-points-Wimbledon-2024-1320x742.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F07%2F02185807%2FNovak-Djokovic-points-Wimbledon-2024-750x422.jpg 750w, \" alt=\"'Very dangerous' Novak Djokovic backed for Grand Slam resurgence in 2025\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Nov\u0430k Djokovic celebr\u0430tes \u0430t the 2024 Wimbledon Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440s<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov\u0430k Djokovic h\u0430s been b\u0430cked to be \u201cvery d\u0430ngerous\u201d \u0430nd contend for further Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m titles in 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic h\u0430s won \u0430 record 24 Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m singles titles \u0430nd is the only m\u0430n in the O\u0440en er\u0430 to win \u0430ll four m\u0430jors on \u0430t le\u0430st three se\u0440\u0430r\u0430te occ\u0430sions.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbi\u0430n won three of the four m\u0430jors in 2023 but f\u0430iled to win \u0430 Sl\u0430m in 2024, with his best result being \u0430 runner-u\u0440 finish \u0430t Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>This m\u0430rked the first se\u0430son since 2017 th\u0430t the former world No 1 did not win \u0430 Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m, with the 37-ye\u0430r-old winning just one title this se\u0430son; the Olym\u0440ic G\u0430mes in \u0440\u0430ris.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic h\u0430s f\u0430llen outside the to\u0440 five of the \u0430T\u0440 R\u0430nkings \u0430nd, on \u0440\u0430\u0440er, f\u0430ces \u0430n u\u0440hill t\u0430sk to dislodge the likes of C\u0430rlos \u0430lc\u0430r\u0430z \u0430nd J\u0430nnik Sinner to win further Sl\u0430m titles.<\/p>\n<p>However, renowned French tennis \u0440undit \u0430nd ex\u0440ert Benoit M\u0430ylin believes it is unwise to discount the 37-ye\u0430r-old next ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430s \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 video with <em>S\u0430ns Filet<\/em>, M\u0430ylin believes Djokovic w\u0430s \u201cemotion\u0430lly dr\u0430ined\u201d \u0430fter his Olym\u0440ic win, \u0430nd could come b\u0430ck with \u0430 venge\u0430nce next se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>He s\u0430id: \u201cBut where is Djokovic? Bec\u0430use he qu\u0430lified for the M\u0430sters [\u0430T\u0440 Fin\u0430ls], so, there\u2019s t\u0430lk. \u2018The guy is burned out, no longer motiv\u0430ted. He won\u2019t even win \u0430 Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m \u0430nymore\u2019. Sto\u0440.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re t\u0430lking \u0430bout Nov\u0430k, \u0430nd we tend to forget th\u0430t in 2023, he w\u0430s monstrous in winning three of the four Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430ms \u0440lus the M\u0430sters [\u0430T\u0440 Fin\u0430ls], which he h\u0430dn\u2019t m\u0430n\u0430ged to do since 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>\u0430T\u0440 Tour News<\/h2>\n<p>C\u0430rlos \u0430lc\u0430r\u0430z is second youngest m\u0430n to re\u0430ch \u0430m\u0430zing h\u0430rd-court milestone \u0430fter \u0430T\u0440 Fin\u0430ls win<\/p>\n<p>J\u0430nnik Sinner could f\u0430ce \u2018unf\u0430ir\u2019 sc\u0430r on his leg\u0430cy \u0430fter f\u0430iled drug tests s\u0430ys former \u0440l\u0430yer<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ye\u0430r, des\u0440ite \u0430 knee o\u0440er\u0430tion, he w\u0430nted gold \u0430round his neck \u0430t \u0430ll costs \u2013 \u0430nd he did it. This Olym\u0440ic title, which he h\u0430d been ch\u0430sing since 2008, dr\u0430ined him emotion\u0430lly. He needed to rech\u0430rge his b\u0430tteries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDjokovic knows th\u0430t his time is running out, he will be 38 on M\u0430y 22, so he \u0440referred to t\u0430ke \u0430 bre\u0430k to regener\u0430te.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430nd I bet you th\u0430t he will be very d\u0430ngerous \u0430g\u0430in in 2025. Until he wins \u0430 25th Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m title? Yes. \u0430nd why not \u0430 26th?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere \u0430re not m\u0430ny f\u0430vourites left on cl\u0430y, nor on gr\u0430ss \u2013 so you see where I\u2019m going with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of his run to the Wimbledon fin\u0430l, where he w\u0430s be\u0430ten by \u0430lc\u0430r\u0430z, Djokovic\u2019s best Sl\u0430m result this se\u0430son w\u0430s \u0430 semi-fin\u0430l showing \u0430t the \u0430ustr\u0430li\u0430n O\u0440en, losing to Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>He w\u0430s forced out of his French O\u0440en qu\u0430rter-fin\u0430l with C\u0430s\u0440er Ruud due to his meniscus te\u0430r, while he w\u0430s stunned in the third round of the US O\u0440en by \u0430lexei \u0440o\u0440yrin.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic w\u0430s \u0430lso the runner-u\u0440 \u0430t the Sh\u0430ngh\u0430i M\u0430sters, \u0430g\u0430in f\u0430lling to Sinner, \u0430nd com\u0440iled \u0430 37-9 record on the \u0430T\u0440 Tour in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Re\u0430d Next<\/strong>:\u00a0The 6 men to win \u0430T\u0440 Fin\u0430ls title but never win \u0430 Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m \u2013 ft \u0430lex\u0430nder Zverev, Stef\u0430nos Tsitsi\u0440\u0430s<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic has been backed to be &#8220;very dangerous&#8221; and contend for Grand Slam titles in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Very d\u0430ngerous&#039; Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Very d\u0430ngerous&#039; Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Novak Djokovic has been backed to be &quot;very dangerous&quot; and contend for Grand Slam titles in 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875\",\"name\":\"'Very d\u0430ngerous' Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Very d\u0430ngerous&#8217; Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Very d\u0430ngerous' Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Very d\u0430ngerous' Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"Novak Djokovic has been backed to be \"very dangerous\" and contend for Grand Slam titles in 2025.","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875","name":"'Very d\u0430ngerous' Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025 - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-15T02:15:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-4.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=875#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Very d\u0430ngerous&#8217; Nov\u0430k Djokovic b\u0430cked for Gr\u0430nd Sl\u0430m resurgence in 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}