Srdjan Djokovic: Novak will play for another 2 or 3 years, I will never forgive them the bombing

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Srdjan Djokovic, the father of the world's best tennis player Novak Djokovic, stressed during an appearance on K1 TV that Nole will win several more Grand Slams, and that he will play for another two or three years.

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"He will win at least two more Wimbledon titles and several other Grand Slams. For sure... You doubt that? You don't need to be an expert to see, Novak will play for another two or three years, that will be enough," said Srdjan.

He then spoke about this year's the US Open and Novak's defeat by Daniil Medvedev, but also about him and the best player in the world being aware of what sport is.

"That upset him, but the main defeat is Medvedev's fantastic game. That's how it is. My son was taught that sport consists of victories and defeats, that as you accept victory so you do defeat. I have often said during his career that when he plays badly and wins, that's not good," said Srdjan Djokovic.

The most difficult moments were during the (NATO) bombing of Serbia.

"I am one of the few who have a positive score with Novak. He beat me for the first time when he was 11, I couldn't even win a game anymore, so the score is now 100-1. I was always nervous, I was almost without finances, it was terribly difficult. He was growing up during the time of the bombing, wages were worth two or three marks. I will never forgive them the bombing. He was 12 then. A huge bomb fell in Rakovica, all the windows shattered in our apartment in Banjica in 1999. We fell out of our beds, ran into the hallway, cried 'God save us'. This is a trauma that will last a lifetime," Novak Djokovic's father concluded.

(Telegraf.rs)