Sania Mirza sends Djokovic warning to AUS Open title contenders Sinner, Alcaraz: ‘No one needs to see Novak within the QF’

Djokovic didn’t win a single Grand Slam final yr, however did win the Olympic gold in Paris, defeating Carlos Alcaraz within the remaining. Talking forward of the Australian Open, India legend Sania Mirza had a warning for the likes of Sinner and Alcaraz.

“It’s most likely the final two couple of years that we’re going to look at him play. I feel to be very trustworthy, quite the opposite, it’s going to be an issue for the title contenders,” she mentioned.

“No one needs to see Novak within the quarterfinal. They might quite play him within the remaining. So, I feel he’s stepping into with an ideal state of affairs the place the strain is off to him proper now,” she added.

Djokovic is at the moment the World No. 7, and will probably be trying to clinch a record-extending twenty fifth Grand Slam title. Total, the Serbian has 99 singles titles, together with a file 72 huge titles, 24 majors, a file 40 Masters, a file seven year-end championships, and an Olympic gold. In singles, he’s additionally the one man to bag a triple Profession Grand Slam, and the one participant to finish a Profession Golden Masters, an achievement he has achieved twice.

The 37-year-old can also be the one participant in singles to have clinched all the huge titles, and has accomplished a Profession Tremendous Slam too. Three years in the past, he was detained when he arrived in Melbourne for the Grand Slam occasion, as he didn’t meet the necessities for vaccination to enter the nation at the moment. In 2022, Djokovic had two stints in a quarantine resort after which was deported. Since then, he has even gained the Australian Open.