Time is Up: Explosive Report Has It That Novak Djokovic’s Inner Circle is Forcing Retirement Talks Due to…
Greg Rusedski thinks Novak Djokovic should stay in the game as long as he is enjoying the challenge, and the 1997 US Open finalist also adds that the Serb is evidently the “third-best player” in men’s tennis despite being is ranked at No. 4 in the world.
Throughout 2024, Djokovic dealt with retirement questions. The same was the case this year – even to a greater extent. However, the 38-year-old has been very directly shutting down retirement rumors so far. In one of his recent interviews, the record 24-time Grand Slam champion even indicated that he would to have his last tournament at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
This year, Djokovic made the semifinals in all four Grand Slams. The main reasons why he didn’t manage to make it a step further were an unfortunate hamstring injury at the Australian Open, as well as the dominance of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.
Rusedski on Djokovic’s possible retirement: It’s time to retire when you are not enjoying it anymore
“You know it’s time to retire when you are not enjoying it anymore. He is still the third-best player in the world, even though the rankings don’t say so. Can he beat Alcaraz and Sinner in three out of five sets back to back? Possibly not. Maybe at Wimbledon, but if he is still enjoying the challenge, why not try and stay out there,” Rusedski told Tennis365.
After making his point clear, Rusedski noted that Djokovic’s “biggest disappointment” in 2025 must have been beating Alcaraz in the Australian Open quarterfinal and then being forced to retire against Alexander Zverev due to a hamstring injury.
“Now, he is probably going to need a bit of luck to win a major because beating those two guys back-to-back, I don’t know. What I will never do is write off a great champion. I’ve done that in the past and it didn’t work out well for me,” the 1997 US Open finalist added.
Djokovic vowed to give his best to try to challenge Alcaraz and Sinner in 2026.
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Watch: Karolina Muchova wins Shot of the Year award for this miraculous pull-off
Karolina Muchova’s spectacular tweener lob has been voted as the 2025 WTA Shot of the Year.
In February, the Czech tennis player – ranked at No. 19 in the world – played against 12th-ranked Clara Tauson in the semifinal of the WTA 1000 tournament of Dubai.
After losing the first set, Muchova managed to clinch a second set through a tie-break and force a decider. With the two players tied to two games apiece and Tauson having a game point, the Dane forced the Czech to come to the net before playing a great lob. But the 2023 French Open ran to the ball – managed to reach it – and then delivered a remarkable tweener lob to save the game point.
Now, that shot has been named as the best of the year on the WTA Tour. Here is how it all looked.
Treating you to a tweener throwback this Thursday 🤩
Just @karomuchova7 things 🙂↕️#ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/TUfY7Q02Rh
— wta (@WTA) November 13, 2025
Despite some brilliance, Muchova ended up losing the match
When the fifth game continued, Tauson managed to hold to her serve and go 3-2 up. In the following game, Muchova also held to her serve to level the score to three games apiece. Unfortunately for the Czech tennis star, she then suffered a collapse and lost the next three games as Tauson went on to complete a 6-4 6-7 (4) 6-3 win in just less than three hours of play.
25. Tauson d. Muchova, Dubai SF
One of the highest quality matches of the year. Tauson had a really good season but amongst the other breakthrough stars her year went quite unnoticed. Another close call for Muchova to win a huge title…
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— moonball enthusiast (@ninjaga20) December 4, 2025
“It was a great match. What can I say? Muchova is such a great player … I don’t know how I won today, but I tried to keep my cool and play some great tennis,” Tauson said after the match.
In the Dubai final, Tauson was beaten by Mirra Andreeva, who collected her first WTA 1000 title.
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