Novak Djokovic's Golden Slam Hopes Ended at Tokyo Olympics
Source: Novak Djokovic's search for 'Golden Slam' comes to an end at Tokyo 2020 (link)
Novak Djokovic's search for a historic 'Golden Slam' came to an end on Friday as he lost to Alexander Zverev at Tokyo 2020. The world No. 1 lost 1-6 6-3 6-1 to the German in the semifinals of the Summer Games.
He was bidding to become the first men's player to win a 'Golden Slam' -- consisting of four grand slams and an Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Steffi Graf is the only tennis player to complete the feat when she did it in 1988. The Serbian has already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon this year. He would have needed the gold medal at the Olympics and the US Open title to complete the set. There is still something to look forward too, though; victory at the last grand slam of the year would still take the 34-year-old to 21 major titles, surpassing Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal who each have 20 majors to their name.
Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev, the winner of the semi-finals match, will play Russian Olympic Committee's Karen Khachanov for the gold medal this weekend.
