Emanuele Atturo

of one of the strongest ever even at 38 years old even if we agree that the current Djokovic is very far from his prime in my opinion

No, no, no, it's simply diminished a lot, I mean, the effort that he makes to stay physically in the games, I mean, you remember the feeling of seeing Djokovic on the field, it was...

simply the greatest living athlete, he was a person who could not get tired, he could play tennis for 11 hours and 40 minutes without ever suffering from fatigue, and now he is tired the first set, after 2.30 he is tired, so we are very far from his prime, and yet far from his prime.

He's a player who can beat the number 2 of the world, play a very condensed set against Alcaraz in which he oversteers.

It would have been a lot of fun.

Yes, it would have been a crazy epic, then he has the stadium on his side, it's rare that it happens, especially against Alcaraz, so it would have been incredibly epic.

they would have entered the game also of the dimensions, Alcaraz would have won the same, but it would have been nice to see.

It was very nice then the final interview, with the dish in hand, also the next conference, and still he didn't say see you next year, he said I don't know what will happen in a month, three months, six months, let's imagine between 12, but it was a nice race.

We are talking about one of the people who loves Spain the most on this planet, as we could think.

For me it's interesting that there's a little bit of a contradiction between... I mean, I found his reaction a little bit over the line after the victory against Sinner, right?

You know, he talked to the journalists, he said, this is for those who doubted me, and...

totally Djokovic this thing, to take that type of fuel there, that motivation, even in doubt that there were skeptical people, I think that in reality we were all skeptical that he could beat Sinner before the game with Sinner, even if I must say that the most rational argument that is made

On the presence of Djokovic, can he win this 25th Slam?

Can he win it only if the other two have very big problems?

it is worthy for him not to be the master of his own destiny, hoping that the two strongest tennis players will get injured in the same tournament, get stuck in a series of unrepeatable circumstances, because anyway today to win a slam he has to beat both Sinner and Alcaraz, which is an enterprise that no longer has legs.

So this is the kind of criticism, of observation, of reflection that was made around Djokovic, since, as I think, I think I've said it a thousand times, none of us should be allowed to say to a champion like him when he should retire.

But let's say that was the tone of criticism, and instead he, this Sassolino, got rid of him before the final, who still played with residual energy.

But there it was also seen that for him the challenge was more important than anything else with himself, probably.

Especially having beaten Sinner, who was missing a bit lately, that is, he hadn't beaten him in so many years.

And it gave him the feeling of still being an agonist, of still being competitive, of still being able to create great epic on the field, of being able to reach a tennis level that he feels can be the best in some moments.