The Editorial Team Tuesday 21 November 2023, 10.52am
TORINO – With the success in the final against Jannik Sinner (doubles 6-3), Novak Djokovic wins his seventh title at ATP Finals surpassing the Swiss Roger Federer in the roll of honor, at six, and achieving another record. An extraordinary tennis player, certainly among the best of all time and certainly number one for Slams on the board, Nole however has a rather particular character and when he finds himself in difficulty he looks for enemies everywhere. He also did it in Turin, expressing his frustration against the crowd at the Pala Alpitour, who were “encouraged” to boo him again during the match against the Italian team Sinner. However, that defeat in the second match of the green group marked a turning point for the Serbian. The 22-year-old from San Candido saved him by beating the Dane Rune even though he was already in the semi-finals.
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After the knockout against Jannik, Djokovic even took 24 hours off and literally disappeared. This curious background story was told by Nole’s coach himself, Goran Ivanisevic: “It’s not easy to talk to him when he loses. On Tuesday night the game ended late. On Wednesday we didn’t see him all day. Until Thursday we didn’t know what was happening. We were in the locker room and we didn’t know if we should go home or if we had to go and do a warm-up practice because he was playing with Hurkacz. We were sitting, waiting and finally we found out that he was going to play. Like any human being, he argues with himself. We were patient with him. I had my family here and that We went shopping on Wednesday. Who am I to get angry with Novak? He is the best in history. He only makes me angry when he scolds us for no reason. Yes, it’s not easy, it’s not easy at all. That’s life. He is number one and always wants more, to always improve.”
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“Of course, once we qualified for the semi-final it changed – continues –. On Saturday I saw it in her eyes, as she approached the locker room, as she trained. In the first point with Alcaraz he already raised his fist. In her eyes you could see his change of mentality. He was playing to win the tournament. And when the real Djokovic is on the court, at that moment there is no one who can beat him.”.
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