Novak Djokovic: “I hope I can have a drink with Nadal after I retire” © Getty Images Sport / Darrian Traynor
Novak Djokovic was the guest of the show “c à vous” on the France 5 channel. The Serbian is in Paris for the Rolex Masters organized in the capital where he plans to play both doubles and singles to heat up the machines before the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup.
During the broadcast the winner of 24 Grand Slam titles was of course asked about his great rival, especially in Paris, Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard is the undisputed master of Roland-Garros with 14 crowns to his credit and to arrive at these figures, he repeatedly demolished the native of Belgrade during his ride to the title.
Nole has always named Rafael Nadal as his biggest rival and an extra source of motivation to always try to surpass himself. The Serb declared in very respectable French: “ The biggest challenge in tennis is to win against Rafa at Roland-Garros, it’s his home, my results against him aren’t very good anyway (laughs).
But in general we played a lot of magnificent and historic matches during my career, so he is a very special player for me, for my whole career and all my development.”
Djokovic wants to spend time with Rafa after retirement
On a personal level, it is true that we have seen Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer together a lot more over the years and ultimately quite little of the Serbian in the company of the Spaniard.
On their relationship outside of tennis Djokovic explained: “ We’re not really friends so to speak, but we respect each other. Afterwards, I hope for my part in any case, I speak on my own behalf, that after the end of our two careers, we can sip a few drinks on a beach and talk about life with less stress and competition ”
Djokovic on the nature of his relationship with Nadal:
‘We’re not necessarily friends, but we do have great respect for each other, and I hope – I speak on my behalf – that after our careers, we can share drinks on the beach and talk about life’ [smiling] pic.twitter.com/08xMXrfsFQ — Bastien Fachan (@BastienFachan) October 30, 2023
2023-10-30 23:10:35
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