TIL Desk Sports/ Novak Djokovic chalked up his 800th career victory to reach the semi-finals of the Fever-Tree Queen’s Club championships on Friday and suggested he could play on past his 40th birthday. The 31-year-old Serb has been in the doldrums since winning the French Open in 2016 to complete his career Grand Slam, and has suffered with an elbow injury for 18 months.
But the spring in his step on the London grass courts was evident as he dispatched Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 6-1 to set up a semi-final against another in-form Frenchman, Jeremy Chardy.”50, 60, 70. I don’t know. And I don’t want to put any limit or any number to it,” 12-times Grand Slam champion Djokovic told reporters when asked if he could still be playing at 40.
“I will play as long as I feel like playing. Hopefully I can have many more years, because I truly enjoy playing this sport. Who said 40? I said 50. So it’s 19 years. I have plenty of time to make couple more wins. I don’t like to put any numbers on how long and when it’s going to end. I’m playing great, back again, I’m 31 on the paper, but I’m 19 in the real sense.”
