Djoković "thundered": "I feel a lack of respect… Have you forgotten 15 years of dominance?"

He reacted especially emotionally to the question of whether he is now &ldquo;chasing&rdquo; the new tennis stars, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.&ldquo;I can say that I feel a lack of respect because you have left out everything between the period when I was chasing Roger and Rafa and now. You have forgotten 15 years of dominance. I don&rsquo;t feel like I&rsquo;m chasing anyone. Rafa and Roger are my greatest rivals, and that&rsquo;s natural. Now we have two new superstars, and I&rsquo;m rooting for them because I was once that third myself. But I&rsquo;m creating my own history,&rdquo; Novak said.He emphasized that Grand Slam tournaments remain his main motivation.&ldquo;My intentions are clear &ndash; fighting for trophies, especially at the Slams. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m still competing. Are Alcaraz and Sinner currently better than me? Yes. Their level is enormous. But does that mean I will go in with a white flag? No. I will do everything to challenge them.&rdquo;On cameras, Coco Gauff, and racket smashingDjokovic also commented on the situation with Coco Gauff, who was filmed in an emotional moment after a match.&ldquo;I saw what happened, and I completely support her. I know what it&rsquo;s like to break a racket &ndash; I&rsquo;ve done it many times. I know how strong frustration can be. The problem today is that there&rsquo;s no place where you can show your emotions without a camera capturing it. We live in a time where everything is content.&rdquo;He added that it&rsquo;s hard to imagine this trend changing.&ldquo;It surprises me that there aren&rsquo;t cameras even where we shower. Everything is recorded &ndash; conversations with the coach, hallways, getting out of the car. It wasn&rsquo;t like this before. Sometimes you just want to be yourself, but this is something we currently have to accept.&rdquo;Speaking about the schedule and injuries at the start of the season, Novak said the situation has two sides.&ldquo;Players had time to rest, but that&rsquo;s a double-edged sword. When you rest, you push yourself even harder in training. On the other hand, you haven&rsquo;t played official matches for a long time, and the body reacts differently. Training and matches are not the same.&rdquo;He added that the situation changes with age.&ldquo;In Australia, I didn&rsquo;t have injuries in the first half of my career, and later almost every year. With age, you feel fresh and motivated, but your body experiences a shock because you want more than it might be able to handle.&rdquo;Djokovic was self-critical when talking about his own game.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to diminish Musetti&rsquo;s game and his variations, but I haven&rsquo;t shown even half of what I have. I must play better, that&rsquo;s for sure. I feel good, and when I play well, I always have a chance. This is a Grand Slam semifinal; confidence has to be there. Otherwise, what&rsquo;s the point of competing? I&rsquo;m glad I repeated last year&rsquo;s result, but I know it can only get harder now.&rdquo;Novak also revealed that he has minor issues with his foot.&ldquo;I had a blister that I had to treat. That&rsquo;s my biggest concern at the moment; I don&rsquo;t have major problems with my body. It bothers me mostly when moving and running.&rdquo;He also commented on Lorenzo Musetti&rsquo;s injury.&ldquo;I noticed a problem in the third game of the third set. He had already complained earlier, and over time it got worse. This is an individual sport &ndash; no one can replace you. When the body doesn&rsquo;t hold up, it&rsquo;s terrible, especially when you are playing well. I know that feeling; I&rsquo;ve been through it many times.&rdquo;Sinner or Shelton?&ldquo;I played against Ben Shelton once, in the US Open semifinal. That would be a good match. As for Sinner, I&rsquo;ve lost to him four or five times in a row. He and Alcaraz are currently the best in the world. I hope to show my best game to even have a chance,&rdquo; Djokovic said.

Djoković "thundered": "I feel a lack of respect… Have you forgotten 15 years of dominance?"

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