Djokovic plans to keep competing as Alcaraz takes centre stage: 'Still trying represent the older guys'

Novak Djokovic recently spoke about reason he has not retired yet despite his peers like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal hanging up their boots. Djokovic also touched upon the changing times in tennis and the rise of youngsters like Carlos Alcaraz.

Novak Djokovic has talked about the changing times in tennis, saying how special the past 20 years have been and how youngster Carlos Alcaraz is now stepping into the spotlight. Djokovic explained how he and other greats like Roger Federer,
Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray had amazing winning streaks during their playing days, calling their achievements rare.

Djokovic said that his best tennis happened between the ages of 23 and 33, and he feels Alcaraz is already reaching impressive levels even though he’s not yet 23. He also talked about the reason why he is still competing on the tour.

“It’s not something that is common, it happened once in every five seasons or something. Yes, there was domination, obviously, from Rafa on clay, or Roger on grass, me on hard court would win, whatever, three, four years in a row, Indian Wells, Miami, back-to-back. But that also came, for me personally, that level of I guess dominant tennis and achievements, when I was 23, 24 years old and then after that. So between, let’s say, 23 and 33 is when it was really happening. And now Carlos is still not 23,” Djokovic said.

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