Novak Djokovic gives a precious gift
to Chinese girl Ivanka Li in Wimbledon

After winning his 6th Wimbledon title (2021) the best tennis player in the world
Djokovic gives a super gift to adorable Chinese girl his racquet!

Djokovic 'opposed to vaccination'
With sport starting to look ahead to a post-COVID-19 future, talk had begun of mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for all players on tour — an idea Djokovic rankled against.

"Personally, I am opposed to vaccination, and I wouldn't want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel," he said.

A stunned-looking tennis player stands with his hand on his head after an on-court incident.
Novak Djokovic says he is opposed to vaccination and is "keeping an open mind".(AP: Seth Wenig)

Djokovic later released a statement to add to his comments, saying he expressed his views because he had the right to and felt "responsible to highlight certain essential topics that are concerning the tennis world".

"I am no expert, but I do want to have an option to choose what's best for my body," he said.

"I am keeping an open mind, and I'll continue to research this topic because it is important and it will affect all of us."

The ill-fated Adria Tour

In the middle of the pandemic, with almost all other professional sport around the world on hold, Djokovic organised a tennis tournament in the Balkans.

He invited a number of the world's best players, held matches in different locations in front of full crowds and hosted some pretty serious parties at the same time.

Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Thiem stand arm in arm for a photo
Djokovic with Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Thiem at the Adria Tour.(AP: Darko Vojinovic)
Unsurprisingly, lots of people got COVID-19, including Djokovic.

The tournament was cancelled early and amid a sea of criticism and Djokovic was forced to apologise and admit the tournament "was too soon".

A couple of weeks later, though, Djokovic said that the "malicious" criticism he had faced was unfair, claiming he had been the victim of a "witch hunt".

Djokovic forms breakaway tennis association
On the eve of the US Open, Djokovic joined a group of male players including Canadian Vasek Pospisil and American John Isner in resigning from the ATP Player Council to form the Professional Tennis Players Association.

This new group, they said, would not operate as a union or in conflict with the ATP, but would help players "have our voices heard and have an impact on decisions being made that [affect] our lives and livelihoods", according to Pospisil.

Two male tennis players congratulate each other at the net after their Australian Open tennis match.
Roger Federer is not a fan of the breakaway players' association Djokovic is involved in creating.(AP: Andy Brownbill)
But the ATP was not happy with the move, saying that "now is a time for unity, rather than internal division".

Both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal agreed, while Andy Murray said the breakaway group could have become something valuable had it included female players.

Defaulted from the US Open
In the first grand slam since coronavirus put tennis on pause, Djokovic had cruised to the fourth round and in a weakened field was the clear favourite to win the title.

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Novak Djokovic hits the line judge with a ball at the US Open.
But trailing Pablo Carreno Busta 5-6 in the first set, a frustrated Djokovic took an angry swing at a ball at the conclusion of a point, sending it flying into the throat of a nearby line judge.

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Djokovic inadvertently hits a line judge, resulting in disqualification (Image: AFP).
The official collapsed to the ground in distress and, despite his apologies, Djokovic was disqualified from the match and the tournament.

After the match, Djokovic said the "whole situation has left me really sad and empty" and again apologised to the line judge, saying the incident was "so unintended".

And its extremely easy to be incredibly gracious when you win. Its how you act when you aren't winning thats the true test of character

Are you seriously asking whos Fed?

unless the crowd was booing him  which it wasnt.. then they were just enthusiastic for the underling...with 20 grandslams under his belt I am sure Novak had had his share of adulation,,plus we ike humble in our heros,,,,

and Novak isnt humble..

John Dillermand wrote on Jul 14^th, 2021 at 4:29pm:


Totally irrelevant for this topic.
Do you understand English?