Novak Djokovic's father railing against Australian fans: "cheer on some Austrian"
Novak Djokovic's father speaks in an interview with the Serbian news platform telegraf.rs about the Australian Open his son and leaves lack any respect for final opponent Dominic Thiem and Australian fans.
by Michael Rothschädl
last edit: Feb 07, 2020, 08:01 pm
And again it was Novak Djokovic who raised the trophy in Melbourne's night sky at the end of the Australian Open. The Serb entered the final of the first Grand Slam of the year eight times - just as often did he emerge as the winner. His opponent, Dominic Thiem, delivered a bitter fight to the now 17-time Grand Slam champion, forced Djokovic over the full distance and only had to surrender in the decisive fifth set.
It was a game that also left Djokovic's father Srdjan anything but cold: "I drove through the city for an hour and a half and only returned in the middle of the fourth set when, luckily, he started to play better." Srdjan Djokovic had for opponent Dominic Thiem but few words of praise left: "For me Dominic Thiem won no set, Novak lost two sets and won three because everything depends on Djokovic - not only in the match against Thiem, but also in the matches against every other player in the world" , Papa Djokovic does not save telegraf.rs in praise for his son.
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The Australian fans in particular were a thorn in Srdjan Djokovic's side in this final: “The seven-time Australian Open champion is playing at Center Court, where he hasn't lost a single game, against any Austrian in the final and the fans are cheering on the Austrian - imagine this disrespect for Novak, ”Srdjan said. At the ATP Cup in Sydney in early January there were discussions about cheering on the stands - at that time it was Serbian fans who, among other things, caused displeasure with Rafael Nadals. In this case too, father Djokovic finds clear words for the Spaniard: "Be a man, be a sportsman and say to Novak: Well done."
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Cheers for Djokovic's opponents are, according to Srdjan Djokovic, in many tournaments and he thinks he knows the reason for this: “Tennis is a sport for rich people and they cannot accept that someone from poor and small Serbia is the best tennis player of the past was ten years, ” stated Papa Djokovic to telegraf.rs .
His father also has a fighting legend for the two men who are still ahead of Novak Djokovic in terms of Grand Slam victories: “This year Novak will catch up with Federer because he will win the other three Grand Slam tournaments of the year , Around October 6th or 7th, he will overtake Federer with the most weeks as number one and he will also win the Olympic Games in Tokyo. "