Fernando Gonzalez He said goodbye to tennis in 2012 and held a farewell party in Miami to celebrate his retirement from the professional circuit. At this event, the best tennis players in the world were present.
One of those who was present at the Feña party was the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who took time to praise Fernando González, a player he knew how to face on more than one occasion.
“I came because I have a very close relationship with Fernando. We talked several times about his withdrawal and I understood his reasons. González is going to miss him a lot on the circuit”Said Djokovic about the retirement of “The Queen’s Bomber”.
“I admire González very much for everything he did in his career, in the Olympic Games, in the Davis Cup… Every time he played for Chile, he left everything on the field. He had an amazing forehand… Definitely tennis is going to miss him.”added the Balkan.
The Argentines Juan Martín Del Potro, Juan Ignacio Chela and Juan Mónaco also attended this event. Also present was the Spanish Rafael Nadal and, of course, the Chilean Nicolás Massú, among other entertainment people close to Fernando Gonzalez.
Djokovic’s confession about the song of the Chilean people
Every time Djokovic faced Fernando Gonzalez He had to suffer the siege of the tennis player and the Chilean public, who put pressure with the song tradition of his country, and so, the European expressed it between laughs.
“It was always entertaining with Fernando, everywhere he played they went with this shout”alluding to the well-known song of the fans “Who-Who-Who, Le-Le-Le”. Djokovic even dared to sing a bit of this traditional song of the Chilean fans.
