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Tokyo 2020: Djokovic eliminated!

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Novak Djokovic (SRB) is out! The favourite for the gold medal, the Serb’s Golden Slam dream has been ended by Alexander Zverev (GER) at the semi-final stage of the men’s singles tennis tournament.

Djokovic clinched the first set 6–1 but the German mounted a strong comeback to win the next two 6–3, 6–1.

The fourth seed is through to play Karen Khachanov (ROC) in the final.

Djokovic, who has yet to win an Olympic gold medal, is into the bronze medal match against Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP).

He also has a second chance in the mixed doubles.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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