Now, since Novak Djokovic lost last night, rightly or wrongly, the whispers going around
are, "It's time.
Novak Djokovic should retire." A- absolutely not, and, and, you
know, it's his decision.
It's his prerogative.
And if we look, at the present, he's number five in the world.
If every person who was fifth best in the world at their occupation retired, there
wouldn't be many people working.
So, it's purely his decision.
He should play for as long as he likes, and, you know, I, I, I definitely, you know, don't
think he should be stopping right now.
But he's not enjoying it, and he seems to have health worries.
Well, I think it's frustrating whenever you're battling your body a little bit in any match.
So that's frustrating, but not enjoying the moment that you're in specifically because
it's difficult is quite different from not enjoying the entirety of the sport, and
obviously he's had a lot of success.
Even this year, he nearly won a title at the Australian Open and got that Grand Slam title.
It was a great match in the finals there against Carlos Alcaraz.
So he's been knocking on the door.
It's not like he's been far off, and I think that he's gonna wanna see himself get back in
action in 2027.
I agree with Tim. I think that he's still a great player at the
very top of the game, and if things fell right, I mean, he was my pick to win the tournament.
It didn't come out- We weren't gonna mention that.
It didn't, it didn't turn out very good, but I think that he's gonna be
okay, in moving into 2027.
I think some people are worried, and these are coming from Djokovic fans, that it will
tarnish his reputation if it continues to follow this trajectory.
Oh, I, I totally disagree with that as well.
Why is it gonna detract from the 24 Grand Slams that he's won?
And, and, you know, he's an absolute legend of, of all of sport and, and, if he wants to carry
on playing for another year, two years, that's, that's his prerogative.
So, you know, I support these players, playing for as long as they can because we as fans who
work in the, the media, we should enjoy them for as long as they're on the court.
So are we taking that as a no?
Yeah, that, that's a hard no.
I think that he can play- as long as he'd like, and we're gonna enjoy every minute of it.
Excellent.