Novak Djokovic Defeat Suggests Wimbledon 2025 Final Bow
Locker Room
April 27, 2025
Novak Djokovic knows he can’t carry on losing to relative unknowns.
Matteo Arnaldi ended the great man’s Madrid campaign early. A straightforward 6-3, 6-4 dismissal of the all-time great was a moment for the Italian to savour.
And it didn’t even feel like a huge upset. That’s a reflection of the way Novak’s illustrious career is starting to stutter.
He can still motivate himself hugely for the big tournaments. We’ll probably see a very different Djokovic at the All England Club this summer.
Novak Djokovic will come out with all guns blazing on the beautiful grass. But he will also surely be coming to the conclusion that Wimbledon 2025 must be his last at the home of tennis.
The weekly grind of the ATP tour is becoming is painful routine for the Serb. He has always lived for tennis excellence.
Djokovic is still capable of magic. But the consistency simply isn’t there right now. And you can almost feel his exasperation.
That should take nothing away from the sheer joy experienced by lesser players in Novak’s twilight years.
They get to tell people for the rest of their lives that they beat the legend. What a thrill for the journeymen!
Arnaldi admitted: ‘He’s my idol. He always has been. I was just glad that I could play him. I never played a match against him before, I only practised with him.
‘To play with him on a stage like this was already a victory for me. He’s not at his best but to win – I don’t even know what to say.’
Djokovic was probably speechless too – particularly when back-to-back double faults handed the underdog a crucial first-set break.
And he knows time is running out. ‘I’m not sure I will come back as a player,’ he admitted in Madrid.
‘The level of tennis isn’t where I would like it to be. I’ve had a few of these [early exits] this year.’
Novak Djokovic will give it his all at Roland Garros and Wimbledon 2025. The Grand Slams mean so much to him. And he will doubtless go much deeper at the big events.
Djokovic will probably remind us on grass what a brilliant player he has been for the best part of two decades.
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