Djokovic’s father is still upset when reminded of Federer’s statement many years ago.
Novak Djokovic is now the player who has won the most Grand Slams in tennis men’s singles, with a total of 24 titles. The Serbian star leads the men’s singles, ahead of Rafael Nadal (2 GS) and Roger Federer (4 GS).
Djokovic’s father believes that Federer is not a “good man”
Right from his appearance, Nole became a rival, a “thorn in the side” of his two colleagues (Nadal, Federer). The Serbian tennis player is not only a “rival” but he is considered an “enemy” with FedEx in important matches.
Djokovic and Federer have faced each other in 5 GS finals, of which the Serbian won 4, “Express Train” only enjoyed joy once at the 2007 US Open.
“Express Train” is likened to the “King of the Grass Court” with 8 Wimbledon championships, but in 3 grass court GS finals (2014, 2015, 2019) he all lost to Nole, Federer’s remaining GS final loss came first. Djokovic is at the 2015 US Open.
Speaking to Serbia’s K1 TV, Mr. Srdjan Djokovic (Nole’s father) said that Federer is a “genius” in both talent and ability to identify people, so he soon discovered Djokovic as his opponent.
Djokovic’s father harshly commented on Federer to K1 TV: “15 years ago, he (Federer) attacked my son when he (Nole) was only 18 or 19 years old. He knew that this was a better tennis player than him. . He (Federer) is a great champion, but also not a good person.”
Maybe Mr. Srdjan Djokovic is not satisfied with Federer’s previous statement about Djokovic. The incident in question happened at the 2006 Davis Cup, when Switzerland faced Serbia and Montenegro in the play-off match. At that time, Federer accused Djokovic of faking an injury during his match with Stan Wawrinka, and called the situation a “joke”.
FedEx’s original statement is as follows: “You know, I don’t believe in his (Nole’s) injury. I’m very serious and I think he (Nole) just made a joke about his injury.” so”.