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Australian Open 2024: Despite wrist niggle and hungry challengers, can anyone stop Novak Djokovic from winning? | Tennis News

Last month, at the end of yet another record-breaking season, Novak Djokovic appeared on the American television program ‘60 Minutes.’ Even though most of these pre-planned athlete appearances tend to be neatly managed PR exercises, it ended up being a fascinating show, in most part due to the openness with which Djokovic reveals the most intricate details of his thought process. It was not just the revelations – the emotional toil of playing against crowds that have mostly rooted against him, the way he uses eye contact during changeovers and notices minute details about his opponents to wear them down, the work that goes behind building his famed mental resilience, among others – but the comfort with which he offers up these details himself. Even if briefly, the host, veteran tennis writer Jon Wertheim, attempts to peel the layers of a complicated yet glorious legacy, and Djokovic plays ball. With the ease in which he gives a glimpse into his mindset, the Serb showed just how comfortable he feels at the top of this sport’s …