Chris Oddo| @thefanchild | Friday, June 6, 2025
Paris – A great champion met his game tonight in Paris. uncertain Jannik Sinnerthe world number one from Italy, he brought him in.
Actually, not anyone.
Just time blows through the sport.
It doesn’t even matter Novak Djokovic Tonight’s semifinals lost to the top seed? Or is he no longer matched the rising elite of the sport?
It depends on the point of view. Anyone who hears the crowd roaring in support of the 24-time main champion can argue that Djokovic’s presence in Paris alone makes the two weeks of Roland Garros much better than before.
Whenever he plays Djokovic, the record is eliminated. Just Wednesday, he has been the oldest semi-final in Paris since 1968.
With nostalgia, we watch the Grand Slam fight sinner in a record of a perfect, crisp Parisian night.
The greatest player ever? We can even ask this question to explain a lot.
He is there, in the flesh. His behavior. He has clear athletic ability. His stress voice was as he tried to keep up with a relentless 23-year-old phenomenon.
n! n! n!
A faithful faithful appeared Friday night. They wore beautiful clothes, business suits and elegant clothes, starting from the end of their week in Paris.
The roof opened, the sun set illuminated and illuminated the east side of the chatterer with a golden glow.
They came to see him under the faded light. They were amazed as usual. But this time there was something different that radiated in court.
Death.
Djokovic won the game in the second game, with more twists and turns than the left bank of the Seine River, and then how to scream, shocking the ancient neighborhoods.
“Just the kind of gratitude I’ve gotten tonight,” Djokovic later said. “It’s incredible. I don’t think I’ve gotten such a big support in this stadium in a big game against the best players in the world. It’s very, very honored to have experienced that.”
It doesn’t matter, Djokovic lost the next two points in that game. There were 15,000 people who came to Clay Mecca on Friday to catch a glimpse of the past. There is a chance to reconnect this unspeakable Djovik kindness.
There! The glory he can play is incredible when he forces you to feel the effort and energy he is putting in.
Sina said it well after winning. “It’s amazing to see him still playing this level and the physical condition he’s in,” he told reporters.
At 2-1 of the second plate, this scribe wants to know if we just stopped there, like they did in the movie. Djokovic, intermediate steps. His legs bent, his back arched, and the racket caressed in front of him, perpendicular to the red clay.
Can we live for a while at that moment? The era of enough is over.
In that freezing moment, can we believe Djokovic can win this game and beat Alkaraz in the final and snatch it away with his 25th place professional? Can we just hope, what a misstep, he still has his hope?
He almost did tonight. But it’s almost a few kilometers away from the miracle.
In fact, time doesn’t stop. This is not a movie, although those will certainly come. As time goes by, Jannik Sinner is also handling everything Novak throws to him on Friday and returning it with interest.
Djokovic switched so much in this match, with the crowd winning the championship with their best Friday night drama. There are odes. Mexican wave. When he traded with the Italian, gasped and groaned, winning and wasting the fixed point on the third time.
Djokovic turns are very good. Even if he won the number of times, the Italians are better: here, like the future, but better. The sinner is confident, electric, creative, creative – invincible – he ends the party in three hours and 17 minutes of glorious time.
The best things Djokovic, 38, offer is handled and spit out rudely, just like a midfield smash.
Ah, but it doesn’t matter to sinners. That’s OK, which player played Alcaraz in the to-do finals of Roland-Garros on Sunday. We have tomorrow, at least we have to dirty the new face of tennis.
Paris Friday night is about Djokovic’s experience. Improve the glass to twenty years of excellence. The end is close, but not yet. Whatever happens in Djokovic’s remaining career will be memorable if it’s tonight.
Enjoy it as much as you can.
“I really don’t know what tomorrow brings to this point in my career,” Djokovic admitted. “I’m going to keep moving forward.”
Music is in our ears.
