“Of course I would like to be remembered as someone who devoted all his life to the sport, played the sport with his heart and his guts, that left it all out there, hopefully inspired a lot of younger people to grab a racquet. Yeah, and a few other things.”

Djokovic remains in great shape for a 36-year-old athlete, but for the first time in his career he’s undecided about whether to continue long-term. “I’m kind of divided a little,” he added. “There’s always a part of me who’s the young boy who just adores tennis, devoted his entire life to tennis and wants to keep going.

“But I’m the father of two children and I’m away from my family; every time I travel for extended periods of time, it breaks my heart, so I’m always thinking about how much longer I should play, how many tournaments I should play, is it worth it? I do normally always have clarity, where I want to go, what are the goals, I know the goals are Grand Slams and Olympics, but other than that I have no idea where I want to play.