TOKYO (Reuters) -World number one and 20-times Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will leave the Olympics without a medal for the third Games in succession after pulling out of Saturday's mixed doubles bronze medal match with a shoulder injury. His withdrawal from the mixed doubles means Ash Barty and John Peers bag a bronze medal for Australia. "I do have a regret for not winning a medal for my country and opportunities missed both in mixed doubles and singles and, yeah, I just didn't deliver yesterday and today," Djokovic told reporters. Djokovic, 34, pledged to give it one more shot at the Olympics in three years' time in Paris. So that's something that I'm not sure about right now, but I'm not regretting for giving it my all because at the end of the day when you play for a country that's necessary."

Source: The Star July 31, 2021 09:49 UTC