Stojanovic
For Nina Stojanovic, the Olympic medal dream in Tokyo has burst. Because her partner Novak Djokovic canceled his appearance.
The Serbian world number one had left Tokyo without a precious metal. In the tennis tournament, Djokovic had initially lost the semi-finals against the eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev, then also lost the bronze medal against Pablo Carreno Busta. Tokyo was an Olympic failure for the 34-year-old.
Frustrated by the individual end, Djokovic had voluntarily renounced his last chance for a medal in the mixed competition, canceled the bronze duel and put forward a shoulder injury as the reason. “I played under medication and abnormal pain,” Djokovic had justified. And thereby also destroyed the precious metal dream of his 25-year-old partner.
Stojanovic spoke up for the first time four days after the disappointment in the Olympics, continued to be deeply frustrated, but without expressing resentment against the world number one. “Only I can know the feelings I experienced when I found out that I could not play the most important game of my career,” Stojanovic wrote on Instagram.
Meanwhile, Stojanovic seems to have got over the medal pain. “I can see how this special event filled me with deepest emotions and also brought me luck,” said the 92nd world ranking list. in women's tennis.
Djokovic himself had already publicly apologized to his double partner after his cancellation. “I feel bad because we weren't fighting for a medal,” said the 34-year-old. But that hardly consoled Stojanovic …
