Novak Djokovic can 'play until 55' as concerns tamed ahead of

Novak Djokovic’s shock Australian Open loss hasn’t raised any alarm bells as Tim Henman and Laura Robson still believe he is the favourite at any tournament he enters. The world No. 1 lost to Jannik Sinner in the semi-final, ending his six-year, 33-match unbeaten run in Melbourne. He is now set to return in Indian Wells next month. And Robson jokingly admitted she could see Djokovic playing until the age of 55 despite his recent setbacks

By his usual standards, Djokovic suffered a disappointing start to the year. The 24-time Grand Slam champion lost to Alex de Minaur at the United Cup and Sinner at the Australian Open, branding the latter “one of the worst Grand Slam matches I’ve ever played”. He will now try to bounce back at the Indian Wells Masters, where he hasn’t played since 2019.

While his loss to Sinner was uncharacteristic – he won just three games across the first two sets – British tennis icons Henman and Robson aren’t worried about what it means for his future. “Look I think when you set the bar that high, there’s almost only one way to go

Robson was also surprised by Djokovic’s level in the first two sets against Sinner, even though she expected the Italian to challenge the world No. 1. She said: “I wasn’t surprised by the loss, I think I was more surprised at how he played that day against Sinner.

“Because everyone thought that there was a definite chance that Jannik was going to come through that so it was amazing to see him live up to the expectation. For Novak it was just those first two sets where he was so flat that you never really see that from him, or if he is flat that he’s still able to turn the match around. And by the time it looked like he started going full on again in the match it was too late.”