‘All the pressure will be on Djokovic at the Olympics’, claims ATP star
World number one Novak Djokovic will be the player with “all the pressure behind him” at the Tokyo Olympics, believes ATP star Pablo Carreno Busta.
World number 11 Carreno Busta admitted that the 34-year-old Serbian “seems unbeatable” and believes he is “at a very high level”.
Djokovic is bidding to become the first man to win the Golden Calendar Slam – having claimed the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2021.
Carreno Busta secured the biggest title of his career by defeating Filip Krajinovic to win the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg last week.
āDjokovic is first and foremost. It seems unbeatable. Heās at a very high level and if thereās a favourite in Tokyo, itās him,ā the Spaniard told Marseille News.
āBut heās also the rival to beat, the one with all the pressure behind. Either way, Iām not watching him or what heās going to do. I have to focus on myself.ā
Djokovic has won four of his five matches against Carreno Busta – with the only ‘defeat’ coming when he was infamously defaulted for accidentally hitting a line judge with a ball at the 2020 US Open.
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