Published 17:09 IST, February 20th 2020
Roger Federer jealous of Novak Djokovic’s success: Serbian ace's father makes bold claim
Novak Djokovic father Srdan with speaking to Serbi newspaper Novost said took a jibe at Roger Federer and said that he is jealous of his son Novak Djokovic.
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World .1 vak Djokovic recently upped all-time men’s record for most Australian Open titles when he won his 8th title in Melbourne, beating Dominic Thiem in final. Serbian is w third man to win eight or more titles at same Grand Slam after Rafael Nal (12 at Roland Garros) and Roger Federer (8 at Wimbledon). Recently, vak Djokovic's far Srdan spoke to a Serbian newspaper vost, me a sensational claim that Roger Federer is jealous of archrival and his son vak Djokovic.
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vak Djokovic d: Roger Federer jealous of vak Djokovic
rivalry between vak Djokovic and Roger Federer is alrey considered legendary, but rivalry just got personal after recent comment me by vak Djokovic's far. During interview, Srdan said that fact that his son me his breakthrough in tennis at same time me Roger Federer jealous of his son. He also claimed that Roger Federer knew vak Djokovic was a better player than him. vak Djokovic's far also ded that Roger Federer is an outstanding tennis player, but he couldn't say that about his humanity.
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vak Djokovic feelings about Roger Federer and Rafael Nal
According to tennis pundits, overwhelming support that Roger Federer and Rafael Nal receive when y face vak Djokovic have often got him infuriated. Serbian though h different views on entire picture. During a media event in Serbia on Wednesday, vak Djokovic spoke about his feelings for Roger Federer and Rafael Nal. Djokovic said that fans support Federer and Nal against him due to ir stature in world tennis, but it doesn’t mean that fans hate him and it certainly doesn’t mean that he needs to turn Serbia against Rest of World just because fewer people support him in Grand Slam finals.
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World .1 said that he has re a lot of stuff suggesting that he is being disliked on court, but he cleared air and said that he really doesn’t have that impression and even if that was true, he would t d fuel to fire. During event, Djokovic stressed on fact that he has ill feelings for people who don’t support him. Djokovic also ded that he is t proud of his occasional reactions on court as his passion gets better of his self-control at times.
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vak Djokovic stats
vak Djokovic has w won five of last seven Grand Slams. He won Wimbledon and US Open in 2018, Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2019, and w Australian Open in 2020. Djokovic is w 13-0 in 2020. That includes his 6-0 record at ATP Cup and seven wins in Melbourne. It’s his fourth-longest unbeaten streak to start a year in his career, He has gone 41-0 in 2011, 17-0 in 2013 and 14-0 in 2016,
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17:09 IST, February 20th 2020