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(L-R) Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Novak Djokovic recognised that tennis is in a period of \u201ctransition\u201d as he described the rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as \u201cincredible.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 37-year-old tennis great asserted, though, that he does not feel he belongs \u201cto the older guard\u201d or that he is \u201cunable\u00a0to compete with the younger guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u00a0won a record-extending 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open, but he did not add to his major tally this year, making it his first \u2018Slamless\u2019 season since 2017.<\/p>\n

Sinner and Alcaraz each won two of the four majors in 2024, with the Italian securing the Australian Open and the US Open, and the Spaniard winning the French Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Serbian\u2019s only title so far in 2024 is his gold medal triumph at the Paris Olympics, where he delivered a stunning performance to down Alcaraz in the final.<\/p>\n

Djokovic was beaten 7-6(4), 6-4 by Sinner in the Shanghai Masters title match last week, while he fell in straight sets to Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final in July.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with\u00a0Vogue<\/em>, Djokovic was asked\u00a0if he agreed tennis was in \u201ca changing of the guard moment\u201d given Roger Federer has retired and Rafael Nadal is set to join the Swiss next month.<\/p>\n

The former world No 1 suggested he will not allow this transition to happen without a fight as he pointed out how some have discussed a changing of the guard \u201cfor many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s that black and white \u2014 because if it is, I consider myself belonging to the older guard, unable to compete with the younger guys,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a transition, but it takes time. It\u2019s a natural process, and people have been talking about it for many years.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have younger guys, yes, but also we have the generation that is not the youngest: [Alexander] Zverev, [Daniil] Medvedev, [Stefanos] Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose guys were or are all top-10; Medvedev has been No 1. They\u2019re going to stay up top for a while, along with the younger ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think you\u2019re thinking of Alcaraz and Sinner. They\u2019ve developed an incredible rivalry in the last 12 months, and rivalries are what really attract a lot of attention to the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople that don\u2019t necessarily even follow tennis, per se, they do follow rivalries; they follow contrasts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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