Wimbledon LIVE: Djokovic makes bold Olympics admission as awkward reunion looms

Novak Djokovic has admitted that competing at Wimbledon will impact his preparation for the Olympics.

The Serb is set to be battling out for a gold medal in a few weeks but has raced to be fit to play at SW19 next week, despite the competition potentially impact his road to recovery following knee surgery.

He explained: “37 years old, you want to maybe have less risk and prepare yourself for Olympic Games. So from that perspective, I don’t have an answer to that, but I do have something that is described as a feeling of not missing out at a Grand Slam while I can still play and while I’m still active and at this level.

“I wouldn’t call it a fear of missing out. I would just say it’s this incredible desire to play, just to compete. Particularly because it is Wimbledon, the tournament that always has been a dream tournament for me when I was a kid. I always dreamed of playing Wimbledon. Just the thought of me missing Wimbledon was just not correct. I didn’t want to deal with that.”