There was a real dissection after the US Open 2025 semi -finals, especially revolving around the future of Novak Djokovic in the tennis village.
Despite reaching the semi -finals of all 4 Grand Slam tournaments this year, the Serbian tennis player is often overcome before the two opponents, who are constantly preventing him from winning the 25th Grand Slam title to break the record.
Therefore, Nole is falling into a strange situation, pointed out by two experts when they are confused about the future of this 38 -year -old superstar.
John Mcenroe predicted that Djokovic could retire after the defeat of Carlos Alcaraz, and Catherine Whitaker, when speaking on The Tennis Podcast, explained why this topic emerged.
She said: “There are too many classes in this story, and it reflects the rest of men's tennis.
You know, what should Djokovic do? Because he could not leave a career while he was still in the semi -finals of Grand Slam and was obviously the world's No. 3 player.
However, I fully understand why it was not enough for him, not enough to make him up every morning, enduring what his body had to go through to bring himself to this position. Indeed a strange situation “.
The guide of the program, Matt Roberts, continued: “It is weird. I have never witnessed anything like this during the time of watching this sport.”
In another development, Rennae Stubbs predicted the tournament she believed that Djokovic would retire next year.
All the speculation of Djokovic's future asks a question: If you retired just because I could not overcome Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, then what did it say about the rest of ATP Tour?
Because, other players are not only behind the two dominant young stars, who have shared the nearest 8 Grand Slam, but also behind Djokovic, who are 38 years old.
He was clearly still the world's No. 3 player, and the Race To Turin table proved that, despite the significant reduction of Nole's schedule.
The fact that Djokovic retired or not completely depends on the joy he also found in tennis, and whether he wants to continue to appear even though he almost understands that the dream of winning the 25th Grand Slam will be difficult to come true.
If that joy is still, there is no reason for Djokovic to retire when he is still playing at the highest level.