Olympics-Tennis-Prospect of making history will outweigh empty seats -Djokovic
By Zoran Milosavljevic
BELGRADE, July 19 (Reuters) - The prospect of winning an Olympic gold メダル for Serbia outweighs the 失望 of playing in an empty 発生地 at the Tokyo games, the men's world tennis number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday.
Djokovic considered pulling out of the Olympics 予定 to COVID-19-関係のある 制限s after winning Wimbledon this month but decided to 長，率いる to Japan for what he called 愛国的な 推論する／理由s.
Brimming with 信用／信任 in a テレビ放送するd interview with Montenegro's MINA news 機関 in the 沿岸の 共和国's 訴える手段／行楽地 of Herceg Novi, Djokovic said Croatia's former Olympian Blanka Vlasic had helped 説得する him not to pull out.
"It （機の）カム 負かす／撃墜する to patriotism and my feelings for Serbia," Djokovic said after 完全にするing a practice 開会／開廷／会期 on a hardcourt surface.
"I am not overjoyed about playing with no fans 現在の or about the さまざまな coronavirus 制限s 効果的な in Japan, but 代表するing your country in the Olympics is 不可欠の.
"I （機の）カム across Blanka Vlasic a few days ago and she said that people will only remember who won the メダルs, not what the 条件s were like or whether there were any fans or not," he said.
"Her words stuck with me and I am delighted that I decided to 参加する the Olympics. I am 奮起させるd to play my best tennis and 確信して that I can 勝利，勝つ the gold メダル after a tremendous run so far this season."
Vlasic won the silver メダル in the women's high jump at the 2008 games in Beijing and bronze in Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Djokovic, who won a 記録，記録的な／記録する-equalling 20th major honour when he （人命などを）奪う，主張するd this season's Wimbledon to go level with peers Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, is on course to （人命などを）奪う，主張する an 前例のない golden 激突する in 2021 when he 長，率いるs to the Aug. 30.-Sept 12. U.S. Open.
Should he 勝利，勝つ Olympic gold too - the one 肩書を与える that has eluded him so far - Djokovic would become the first man ever to 勝利，勝つ all four majors in a year 加える an O lympic 肩書を与える.
The 34-year old from ベオグラード 譲歩するd it was going to be a big ask, although Federer and Nadal have both pulled out of Tokyo.
"The Olympics and the U.S. Open are 明白に my biggest 客観的なs for the 残りの人，物 of the season, and it's going to be 需要・要求するing," said Djokovic.
"But I am 十分な of 信用／信任 and 動機づけるd to 代表する Serbia in the best possible way. I am yearning for a メダル in Tokyo, hopefully gold, and then I'll go to New York 目的（とする）ing to 完全にする it all." (令状ing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
