The debate on GOAT is postponed for a few years. There will only remain one to have been able to do a grand slam and a gold medal, the golden slam: the immense Steffi Graf, in 1988. And ironically, it was his German compatriot Sasha Zverev who put an end to the dream crazy about Novak Djokovic.
While strolling so far in these Olympics, the world number one quietly trampled the pride of his opponent of the day, a 6-1 and a break in the second in his pocket, when without warning the machine derailed. Zverev turned the game around completely, scoring 8 straight games, before concluding carefree 6-3, 6-1.
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Comment from the winner of the day? “I’m sorry, I’m sorry [pour lui]. He remains the greatest player of all time. (…) It is not possible to always win. It also feels good to be able to win against him once in a while ”.
To conclude this dirty day, Djokovic was also taken out in the semi-final of the mixed doubles, which he played with his Serbian compatriot Nina Stojanovic, by the Russians Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 .