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Novak Djokovic is one of the most successful tennis players in the world. The star has earned the love of his fans, but do you know everything about him?
The Serbian great loved skiing and soccer since childhood, but tennis was his absolute favorite. There was nothing stopping him from training.
Djokovic picked up his first racket at the age of four from his father, Serjan Djokovic, and was destined to become a great player.
“Faith is a very familiar word to me, even more so than hope. He said that one must truly believe in their dreams to achieve them. Novak Djokovic.
His father is an entrepreneur and former professional skier and snowboard coach.
The Serbian already had the ability to turn people’s heads with his skills. In 1993, he was seen playing Jelena Jancic. The Yugoslavian tennis player has hailed the six-year-old Djokovic as the greatest talent he has seen since tennis great Monica Seles. She then coached the world No. 1 for the next six years.
At the age of 13, the teenager moved to the Pilik Academy in Munich with the intention of pursuing the highest levels of competition. He started his international career the following year at the age of 14.
In the year In 2001, the 14-year-old Djokovic became a three-time European champion, winning singles, doubles and team tournaments. He finished second in the World Junior Championship, winning a silver medal.
In the year In 2007, he started his own foundation known as ‘Novak Djokovic Foundation’ which aims to support children in need.
Many fans certainly don’t know this, Djokovic in 2015. After losing in the quarterfinals of the 2010 French Open, he considered retiring.
Djokovic explained to the world in his interview: I cried after my defeat, it was a bad moment, I wanted to quit tennis, what I saw was black, it was a change, because after that defeat I freed myself. At that point I took the pressure off myself and started playing harder, that was the turning point.
In the year He won his debut at Roland Garros in 2016, becoming the only men’s singles player after Rod Laver to win a ‘career Grand Slam’.
He is one of the only players to beat the great Roger Federer three times in one year. He became the second man to beat Federer and Rafael Nadal in consecutive matches at a Grand Slam.
He married his high school sweetheart, Jelena Ristic, in 2014. He is the father of two children, Stefan (8) and Tara (5).
Djokovic is not only an expert on the court, but also a master of languages. Serbians speak many languages - Serbian, Italian, English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – some more fluently than others.
Despite his amazing athleticism and health, Djokovic is gluten intolerant. That didn’t stop him from being one of the greats, though. He describes the 14-day gluten-free diet in his book ‘Serving to Lose’; And this defined his journey to become the player we know today.
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