Novak Djokovic joins Rohan Bopanna in elite club’Age is just No. 1 for us’

“We are old however gold,” Novak Djokovic stated with his buddy, Rohan Bopanna along with him in Monte Carlo as the duo enjoyed being the earliest No. ones in their particular classifications. Djokovic appears to be delighted that a 44-year-old has the ability to control doubles tennis at such a phase of his profession. The Serb required to social networks to invite the Indian veteran to the No. 1 club with a post in his unmatched design.

“Age is simply a number. For us, that number is 1,” Djokovic composed in a post on his social networks, sharing a picture of him playing a forehand and Bopanna acing one backhand return. The Serb appears to have actually been motivated by Bopanna’s task of ending up being the earliest numero uno in males’s doubles tennis in the golden of his profession.

Djokovic’s words are a homage to the effort that the 44-year-old Indian gamer has actually put in throughout the years. Previously in 2024, Bopanna ended his long haul for a guys’s doubles Grand Slam title when he and his Australian partner, Matthew Ebden, won the Australian Open crown. Bopanna has actually not decreased given that, as he went on to end up being the earliest male to win a Masters 1000 title, breaking his own record from in 2015, after he and Ebden raised the Miami Open doubles crown.

Throughout a chat with the ATP in the lead-up to the continuous Monte Carlo Masters competition, Djokovic and Bopanna loaded appreciation on each other with the Serb admiring the Indian star’s enhanced work principles and the belief to be the very best worldwide.

“I see him in the fitness center for many hours and likewise more hours with the physio, a bit more than before however it is fantastic to share the trip with you for numerous years,” Djokovic had actually stated.

“What an extraordinary minute to be the earliest number in songs and doubles. It is terrific for Serbian and Indian tennis,” he included.

Djokovic has actually not had the very best of starts to the 2024 season, having not won a title on the trip 4 months into the year. Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champ, lost to ultimate champ Jannik Sinner in the semi-final of the Australian Open and was ousted in the 3rd round in the Indian Wells Masters.

The Serb has actually started his project in Monte Carlo with a comfy straight-set win over Roman Safiullin and will be seeking to go the range in the Masters 1000 competition and head into the French Open next month in design.

On the other hand, Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden lost their Round of 16 guys’s doubles match to Mate Pavić ‡ of Croatia and Marcelo Arévalo of El Salvador at the Monte Carlo Masters here on Wednesday. They lost 3-6 6-7 (6-8) on April 10.