Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz live updates: Paris Olympics 2024 ...

In winning today's match, Djokovic has won the second medal of Paris 2024 for Serbia, both of them gold after Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec won as a pair in the shooting.

"Most of all, it's my country. The pride to play for Serbia," he told Eurosport. "I know Carlos and Rafa (Nadal) love to play for Spain, Andy (Murray) loves to play for Britain, Roger (Federer) for Switzerland, you saw the reaction of all these guys when they win. It's something special.

"This is my fifth Olympic Games. Three out of four Olympic Games I played semifinals and never managed to overcome that hurdle for some reason. When I entered the court for the semifinal against (Lorenzo) Musetti, I was thinking about it.

"That's why today, before the match, I did not feel as nervous as I would normally feel because I secured a medal. But, of course, I was going to go for gold."