Djokovic confident he will claim Grand Slam record

Novak Djokovic believes he’ll win essentially the most Grand Slam titles and change into the longest-reigning world primary by the point he retires, the 32-year-old Serb mentioned in an interview.

The present world primary has 17 Grand Slam titles to his title – two behind Rafa Nadal and three fewer than Roger Federer – and mentioned he has little question in his skill to overhaul the opposite members of the so-called ‘Big Three.’

“I’m always very confident in myself,” he mentioned in an interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger. “I believe I can win the most slams and break the record for longest number one. Those are definitely my clear goals.”

Djokovic was in imperious kind earlier than the novel coronavirus pandemic introduced the circuit to a halt in early March.

He lifted the ATP Cup with Serbia, received an eighth Australian Open title after which accomplished a fifth triumph on the Dubai Tennis Championships, extending his unbeaten run to 21.

Swiss nice Federer additionally owns the report for whole variety of weeks at primary, with 310, and consecutive weeks on the high place, with 237, in contrast with Djokovic’s 282 and 122.

Federer turns 39 in August and Djokovic mentioned he may envision himself nonetheless taking part in at 40.

“I don’t believe in limits. I think limits are only illusions of your ego or your mind,” he mentioned.

It wasn’t too way back that Djokovic had a completely totally different outlook on the sport.

After falling in straight units to unseeded Benoit Paire on the Miami Open in 2018, his spouse, Jelena, mentioned he was prepared to hold up the racquet.

“He said to me that he’s quitting and that’s the truth,” she mentioned within the interview. “He misplaced in Miami. It was a horrible loss. And then he simply, , gathered all of us and mentioned, ‘You know guys, I’m performed.’“

“And I used to be like, ‘What?’ And he goes like, ‘Yeah.’ He mentioned, ‘Edoardo, you can speak with my sponsors. I want to be clear with them. I don’t know if I’m stopping for six months, a 12 months or endlessly.’“

Djokovic didn’t undergo together with his retirement plans and bounced again to triumph at Wimbledon that July.

In the wide-ranging interview, Djokovic additionally mentioned previous struggles together with his well being, his marriage and surviving the bombings in his native Serbia in 1999.

The full interview will air within the U.S. this weekend on native associates, and on worldwide and regional sports activities networks subsequent week.