Djokovic opened his summer hard court season at the Tokyo Olympics, where he sought to improve on his bronze medal result from Beijing 2008. However, he lost in the semifinals to Alexander Zverev, and then to Pablo Carreño Busta in the bronze medal match. Djokovic also competed in mixed doubles partnering Nina Stojanović. The pair lost their semifinal match to Aslan Karatsev and Elena Vesnina to set up a bronze medal clash against WTA singles No. 1 Ashleigh Barty and John Peers. However, following his loss to Carreño Busta in singles, Djokovic and Stojanović pulled out of the bronze medal match, with Djokovic citing a shoulder injury, giving Barty and Peers a walkover win and the bronze medal.