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Novak Djokovic is Gentlemen's Quarterly’s February 2025 star and his visuals for the magazine edition have begun making the rounds already. The tennis legend in one of the pictorials is dressed in a monochrome cream-colored ensemble from Lacoste. A Hublot watch in blue adorns his left wrist.
GQ magazine shared the image on their Instagram with the caption:
“Presenting GQ’s February cover Star: Novak Djokovic. When @djokernole won Olympic gold last summer, the 24-time Grand Slam champion checked off the last thing he had left to accomplish in his sport."
The magazine continued with a quote from the 24-time Grand Slam champion:
“My dad is trying to retire me for a while now,” he tells GQ’s Daniel Riley for our February issue, “No honestly! But he hasn’t been pushy. He respects my decision to keep going. And of course, he understands why I want to keep going, but he’s like: ‘What else do you want to do?”
A fan reacted to Novak Djokovic’s visuals for the magazine on Instagram and said:
“Big in tennis. New top model.”
Similar comments praised Djokovic for being photogenic and called him a “supermodel”.
Others described him as a true icon and a role model.
Some Netizens commended the styling for the photoshoot.
Novak Djokovic on retirement and his future pursuits in tennis
The 24-time Grand Slam champion got up close and personal with David Riley of GQ magazine. He spoke about his future in tennis and what’s next for him—Novak Djokovic has worn an Olympic gold medal, 10 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 7 Wimbledons, and 4 US Opens.
He boasts the highest Grand Slam titles for any man in tennis. He stated that media and fans have begun to assume that his retirement from the game was imminent.
Novak Djokovic further revealed that his father had spoken to him about retirement from the game of tennis. He stated that his father hasn't been pushy about him quitting the game and respects his decision to keep going.
In the interview with GQ he said,
"My dad is trying to retire me for a while now. No, honestly! But he hasn’t been pushy. He respects my decision to keep going. And of course he understands why I want to keep going, but he’s like: What else do you want to do?"
The 37-year-old sportsman revealed that he wasn’t thinking about retirement yet, and would continue to play. He also plans to reduce the number of tournaments he’ll play in and focus on a select few.
He also described what he hopes to achieve as an accomplished tennis player, from improved players’ rights to entrepreneurial pursuits.
Novak Djokovic also spoke on his relationship with the other GOATS of the game, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, and how their sports rivalries affected his career.
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He said, in the same interview with GQ,
"They’ve been an integral part of my success and the history that I made of the sport. The rivalries with them have toughened me up like nothing has done throughout my career."
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