The 2024 season has been quite an eventful one for Novak Djokovic. While he achieved his biggest goal of winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics, the Serb wasn’t able to perform consistently on the ATP Tour. One major reason for this was the persistent issues with his knee. Djokovic suffered a knee injury during the French Open and had to pull out of the tournament midway. Although he made a brisk comeback, his performances weren’t quite there. Moreover, he also ended his season early after pulling out of the ATP Finals. Earlier today, Djokovic shared a hilarious video on TikTok.

Over the course of his career, Djokovic hasn’t been on the sidelines for long. The current spell away from the court is one of his longest periods on the sidelines. He seems to be missing tennis dearly. Away from the scenes, he is having fun with the tennis balls.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion took to his official TikTok handle and shared a hilarious video with a tennis ball. In the video, Djokovic could be seen chasing a tennis ball tied to a rope while he crawled with the support of his hands. With Djokovic’s focus completely on the tennis ball, he chased it till the very end but wasn’t able to grab it. The video went viral as soon as it was shared and garnered several reactions from the fans, who are missing their hero.

Ahead of the ATP Finals, Djokovic had qualified for the tournament and fans were hoping to see him in Turin. However, persistent knee problems once again popped up and he had to withdraw from the tournament. “It’s quite an honor to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. I was really looking forward to being there, but due to ongoing injury I won’t be playing next week. Apologies to those who were planning to see me. Wishing all the players a great tournament. See you soon,” Djokovic said.

Djokovic is hoping to make a comeback early next year. Even though he didn’t have a great 2024 season, his rivals are wary. Carlos Alcaraz reckons Djokovic will be one of the players to beat next season.

Novak Djokovic could be a dangerous player next year according to Carlos Alcaraz

The Serb played some of the most memorable encounters against Alcaraz this season. Among them was the Paris Olympics final, which Djokovic won to clinch the gold medal. While Djokovic has been away from the sport for quite some time now, Alcaraz feels that he can still make a strong comeback.

The Spaniard revealed, “A really dangerous player. We’ve seen before that it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t play an official match for two, three, four months because he’s going to come again and be able to win the tournament, be able to show a really high level of tennis. If he goes to Australia hungry, he’s going to be one of the favorites to win Australia.”

Djokovic last played at the Shanghai Masters where he lost in the summit clash against Jannik Sinner. With no Grand Slam titles won this year, Djokovic would be eager to add at least another major title to make it a silver jubilee of Grand Slam victories.