Novak Djokovic proves he can still weather rigors of tennis in French Open semifinal win

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Novak Djokovic proves he can still weather rigors of tennis in French Open semifinal win
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Novak Djokovic showed the tennis torch is not yet ready to be passed -- with Carlos Alcaraz showing potential but not enough to unseat a legend.

It is impossible to say in tennis where the breakdown of the body begins and the mind ends and which one goes first under the heat of history.

Maybe that will happen later this summer or next year. At 36, Djokovic knows tennis mortality is just around the corner the way it was for both the now-retired Roger Federer and the chronically injured Rafael Nadal at the same stage of their careers. Right before that moment, it seemed that the match had turned in Alcaraz’s direction. He had begun to find his rhythm in long rallies and was deploying his power to punishing effect. On the heels of Alcaraz winning the second set, it seemed Djokovic was the one about to endure one of the biggest stress tests of his career.

You have to take his body, and perhaps most difficult of all, you have to plant doubt in his mind. After 22 Grand Slam titles, with a record-setting 23rd likely coming on Sunday, that’s a difference Alcaraz should now fully understand. The annals of tennis history are filled with generational battles like this, but usually, it’s the old guy fighting off the aches and pains, trying to calm the nerves and limit the lapses in concentration.

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