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Now, since Novak Djokovic lost last night,
rightly or wrongly, the whispers going around

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are, "It's time.

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Novak Djokovic should retire."
A- absolutely not, and, and, you

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know, it's his decision.

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It's his prerogative.

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And if we look, at the present,
he's number five in the world.

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If every person who was fifth best in the
world at their occupation retired, there

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wouldn't be many people working.

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So, it's purely his decision.

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He should play for as long as he likes, and,
you know, I, I, I definitely, you know, don't

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think he should be stopping right now.

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But he's not enjoying it, and
he seems to have health worries.

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Well, I think it's frustrating whenever you're
battling your body a little bit in any match.

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So that's frustrating, but not enjoying the
moment that you're in specifically because

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it's difficult is quite different from not
enjoying the entirety of the sport, and

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obviously he's had a lot of success.

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Even this year, he nearly won a title at the
Australian Open and got that Grand Slam title.

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It was a great match in the finals
there against Carlos Alcaraz.

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So he's been knocking on the door.

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It's not like he's been far off, and I think
that he's gonna wanna see himself get back in

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action in 2027.

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I agree with Tim.
I think that he's still a great player at the

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very top of the game, and if things fell right,
I mean, he was my pick to win the tournament.

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It didn't come out- We
weren't gonna mention that.

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It didn't, it didn't turn out very
good, but I think that he's gonna be

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okay, in moving into 2027.

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I think some people are worried, and these
are coming from Djokovic fans, that it will

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tarnish his reputation if it
continues to follow this trajectory.

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Oh, I, I totally disagree with that as well.

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Why is it gonna detract from the
24 Grand Slams that he's won?

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And, and, you know, he's an absolute legend of,
of all of sport and, and, if he wants to carry

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on playing for another year, two
years, that's, that's his prerogative.

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So, you know, I support these players, playing
for as long as they can because we as fans who

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work in the, the media, we should enjoy
them for as long as they're on the court.

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So are we taking that as a no?

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Yeah, that, that's a hard no.

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I think that he can play- as long as he'd like,
and we're gonna enjoy every minute of it.

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Excellent.