{"id":52663,"date":"2025-10-16T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/djokovic-longevity-drives-the-number-one-inspired-by-ronaldo-and-lebron\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:03:41","slug":"djokovic-longevity-drives-the-number-one-inspired-by-ronaldo-and-lebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/djokovic-longevity-drives-the-number-one-inspired-by-ronaldo-and-lebron\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic: Longevity drives the number one, inspired by Ronaldo and LeBron"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Djokovic Clears Doubts About Retirement and Aims for Longevity in Tennis<\/h2>\n\nThe Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has dispelled any speculation about his possible retirement, reaffirming his dedication to the sport and highlighting longevity as one of his main drivers at this stage of his career.\n\nDjokovic, winner of 24 Grand Slam titles, spoke before his participation in the Six King Slam, an exhibition held in Saudi Arabia. This is the second time the world number one has participated in this event.\n\nDuring an event prior to the tournament, where he shared the stage with NBA legend Shaquille O&#8217;Neal, Djokovic highlighted the inspiration he gets from figures in other sports who continue to compete at a high level after the age of 40.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cLongevity is one of my biggest motivations. I want to see how far I can go. Seeing LeBron and Ronaldo play until they are 40 is motivating and inspiring for me. Tennis is changing and I want to keep playing to experience that change,\u201d Djokovic expressed.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Novak Djokovic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Serbian tennis player, who has dominated the circuit for more than a decade, remains in top form and with the ambition to continue extending his legacy in the sport. His presence at the Saudi exhibition tournament marks the beginning of his preparation for the official commitments at the end of the season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Djokovic Clears Doubts About Retirement and Aims for Longevity in Tennis The Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has dispelled any speculation about his possible retirement, reaffirming his dedication to the sport and highlighting longevity as one of his main drivers at this stage of his career. Djokovic, winner of 24 Grand Slam titles, spoke before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[93,9867,166,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-52663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-grand-slam","9":"tag-longevity","10":"tag-novak-djokovic","11":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}