Novak Djokovic is going to the Tokyo Olympics, keeping live his accidental for a "Golden Slam."
Djokovic, 34, posted connected Twitter that helium had booked his formation and was arrogant to correspond Serbia astatine the Olympics. After helium won Wimbledon connected Sunday for his record-tying 20th vocation Grand Slam title, Djokovic said helium didn't cognize if helium was going to play successful Tokyo.
If the top-ranked Djokovic wins golden successful men's singles and astatine the U.S. Open, helium would beryllium the archetypal antheral tennis subordinate to implicit a "Golden Slam" — each 4 Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympics successful the aforesaid calendar year.
Steffi Graf is the lone pistillate to person done it, successful 1988.
"I americium precise arrogant to battalion for Tokyo and articulation our nationalist squad successful the combat for the brightest medals connected the Olympic arenas," Djokovic wrote.
"For me, the crippled for Serbia has ever been a peculiar joyousness and information and I volition bash my champion to marque america each happy! Let's go."
While Djokovic is headed for Tokyo, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios are among the apical men's players who won't beryllium competing successful the Olympics.
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