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WTA\u00a0star Zheng Qinwen has revealed\u00a0Novak Djokovic\u00a0carries his\u00a0Olympic\u00a0gold medal with him wherever he goes on tour.<\/p>\n

Djokovic ended a career-long wait to top the podium at the recent Paris Games, becoming just the fifth player in the sport\u2019s history to complete the \u2018Golden Slam\u2019.<\/p>\n

It was a rare high point from an otherwise difficult year for the Serb, who, through a combination of injuries and poor form, hasn\u2019t hit his familiar heights.<\/p>\n

July\u2019s run to the\u00a0Wimbledon\u00a0final was the only Grand Slam final he reached – a drop off from 2023 when Djokovic competed in all four Slam finals.<\/p>\n

But despite his struggles throughout 2024, Djokovic, according to Qinwen, is keen to remind everyone he is still Olympic champion – a title that will never be taken away from him.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the China Open, the local hero claimed: \u201cI think this is a very funny story. People talk about Djokovic taking his gold medal everywhere he goes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s really funny that he has the gold medal here. He actually invited me to the Great Wall, but because of the schedule, I couldn’t be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much like Djokovic, Qinwen also took gold at the Paris Games, with China\u2019s highest-ranked player admitting the medal has put an extra spring in her step.<\/p>\n

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She continued: \u201cI think, indeed, the gold medal brings me a lot of energy, just like Djokovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has the gold medal everywhere he goes, from Europe to the U.S. and all the way to China. Of course, the gold medal brought him a lot of great energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not have the chance to take a picture with his gold medal. I really wish I could practice with him with his gold medal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given Djokovic had to wait until the twilight of his career to snatch the gold medal, it\u2019s understandable he likes to parade it around whenever he gets the chance.<\/p>\n

An emotional Djokovic dropped to his knees after beating\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz\u00a0in August\u2019s final, before hailing the win his \u2018greatest achievement\u2019.<\/p>\n

Commenting back in August, the former world No.1 said: \u201cJust kind of sharing my thoughts, my emotions and experiences of reflection on what is for me, I think now when I look back, the greatest achievement and greatest highlight of my career overall, winning the gold for Serbia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic will return to the court to\u00a0face either Alex Michelsen or Yunchaokete Bu in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WTA\u00a0star Zheng Qinwen has revealed\u00a0Novak Djokovic\u00a0carries his\u00a0Olympic\u00a0gold medal with him wherever he goes on tour. Djokovic ended a career-long wait to top the podium at the recent Paris Games, becoming just the fifth player in the sport\u2019s history to complete the \u2018Golden Slam\u2019. It was a rare high point from an otherwise difficult year for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-300x175.jpg",300,175,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"large":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-360x180":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-360x180.jpg",360,180,true],"jnews-750x375":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-1140x570":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-120x86":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-120x86.jpg",120,86,true],"jnews-350x250":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-350x250.jpg",350,250,true],"jnews-750x536":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-1140x815":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-360x504":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-360x344.jpg",360,344,true],"jnews-75x75":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-75x75.jpg",75,75,true],"jnews-350x350":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611-350x344.jpg",350,344,true],"jnews-featured-750":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false],"jnews-featured-1140":["https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg",590,344,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Newssoccer","author_link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Blog<\/a>","tag_info":"Blog","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5663611.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}