Novak Djokovic targeting gold medal at Paris 2024 Olympics and set to be allowed to play at Italian Open in May

Novak Djokovic has described an Olympic gold medal as a “big wish” as the Serbian targets a tilt at Paris 2024. The Serbian took a bronze medal at his first Games in Beijing in 2008, but has since failed to finish on the podium. Ad/> Djokovic had hoped to keep his hopes of completing the Golden Slam — winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and Olympic gold in a single year — alive with victory in Tokyo last summer, but lost to Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals, before being beaten to bronze by Pablo Carreno Busta.

Tennis'So difficult to watch' — Djokovic says son was supporting Nadal in finalYESTERDAY AT 15:18 Tokyo 2020 came at the end of a hectic summer, with Djokovic winning both the French Open and Wimbledon and looking a little way below peak fitness come the competition in Japan. And the 34-year-old hopes to have another shot in Paris, where the tennis events will be held on the Roland-Garros clay courts with which he is well acquainted. “An Olympic medal, especially gold, is always a big wish,” Djokovic told Radio Television of Serbia as he prepares to return to competitive tennis next week.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to fight for it in the past. “I plan to be in Paris in 2024. “I rewound my match with Zverev in Tokyo many times, trying to figure out what went wrong.

I played superbly up to that point, but I did feel I was running on fumes, both mentally and physically.” 20-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic is likely to be allowed to play in the 2022 Italian Open despite his unvaccinated status. He missed out on the chance to defend his Australian Open crown in January after his visa was revoked. Djokovic had earned a medical exemption to play in the Melbourne event as an unvaccinated player