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“He will do it under the flag of Serbia” The temptation for Novak Djokovic and his family as…
“He will do it under the flag of Serbia” The temptation for Novak Djokovic and his family as…
There were many companies and financiers who were not aware of the opportunity to “push” a man who got involved in the rivalry between Federer and Nadal, won 20 Grand Slam titles and completely nailed the race for the best player of all time.
In all parameters, Novak surpassed the Spaniard and the Swiss, except for the Grand Slams, he shares the performance with Federer, Nadal has only two more titles and Novak wants to take the lead, the first opportunity to get closer is Wmboldon.
He will do it under the flag of Serbia, as well as during his entire career, but it is also known that in the years before coming of age, there were many temptations for Novak and his family.
– In order to make such a successful player as Novak, it takes an awful lot of money, investment, nerves, an awful lot of it all. And we didn’t get anything out of it here. We have tried in many ways, with a lot of people, companies here, to establish some contact, to try to make a professional contract. That those companies invest money in Novak, and that it is returned to them when he becomes a player, through the percentage of “prize money”, sponsorship agreements that he signs when he becomes a real player, and he will become that very soon. However, we did not find understanding. We simply all know that the country is in a difficult situation. But despite that, I don’t think there is a good will to do something like that – Srdjan said at the time, and Novak added a dose of indignation.
“He will do it under the flag of Serbia” The temptation for Novak Djokovic and his family as…
– I have said that before, if you want to become a professional player, great, worldly, you have to leave this country – said Novak, alluding to the fact that in Serbia at that time there were no conditions like tennis academies, like in Germany which he attended.
Srdjan Djokovic was then explicit when it comes to the future.
– We are Serbs and we will be Serbs wherever we are. We will continue to try to create the best conditions for him in the next few months. If we succeed, fine. If not, we must look for the conditions for him to become a real player somewhere in a normal country, a country that values such a player, and it is not just about Slovenia. We talked to the Italians, we are talking to the Swiss, through my relatives there.
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The first country to accept conditions that are terribly harsh … Novak will go there with his whole family. We are not interested in the sponsor, we are not looking for money that people will give and will not have anything more. We are looking for a business partner with whom we will sign a professional contract.
We are simply looking for a professional contract, whoever invests, has a large percentage later, in accordance with what was invested in it.
One of the best examples of how many people made mistakes in their assessments of Djokovic’s rise is the story of Boba Zivojinovic.
Last year, Srdjan Djokovic talked about Nolet’s beginnings in shows all over Serbia, and then there was speculation that the father of the best in the world asked Lepa Brena and her husband, the famous tennis player Slobodan Bobo Zivojinovic, 17 years ago to invest in his son. If they had agreed, Srdjan claims, they would now have 18 million dollars more.
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The legendary singer for “Stars” pointed out all that
– I am not a tennis expert and I do not know about this type of offer, but I know that you have to be a friend and have confidence in the one with whom you start a business, which was not the case. We love, appreciate and respect Novak, as well as his family. He is the brightest example of a wonderful and successful guy. We want all his dreams to come true because he deserved it.
It is also known that the Tennis Federation of Great Britain seriously intended to convince Novak Djokovic to play in the company of Andy Maria, but the best Serbian tennis player flatly rejected the offer of the Islanders.
In an interview with the “Times”, Djokovic admitted that the talks with the leaders of British tennis were very serious.
– To be honest, everything was very serious. I was offered a lot, they wanted another strong player in the team next to Andy Murray. They have invested a lot in the Davis Cup team, and they must be disappointed that it is not coming back to them. Money was not the most important thing to me.
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That’s when I started earning well, enough to be able to travel to tournaments and pay for a coach. And why would I accept that? I am a Serb, I am proud of my roots, and I did not want to neglect all that just because others offered me better conditions. If I had played for Great Britain, I would have played equally professionally, but in my heart I would have felt that I did not belong to them. I was the one who decided not to accept the offer – Novak said in 2015.
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Max Verstappen has once again claimed that he is the target of ‘British bias’ in the media after watching the fallout from his battle with Lando Norris. The three-time world champion’s defending was criticised by a number of drivers, including Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen and Norris shared a titanic battle at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend, but the flashpoint came at Turn 12 as the Dutchman deployed a signature tactic, lunging deep into the corner to get to the apex first before running both himself and his title rival off the road.
Norris opted to keep his foot in and overtook the Red Bull driver around the outside, although this decision landed him a five-second time penalty that dropped him back behind Verstappen in the general classification. This sparked a major debate with other drivers – Hamilton included – calling for the FIA to take action and outlaw this style of defending.
Verstappen has been frustrated by this debate. Quizzed by Viaplay in Mexico on whether he’d like to see the rules changed, he replied: “No, not really. But I have the wrong passport.” Asked if he was referring to a British passport, he confirmed as much.
“Yeah, it’s the wrong country, on that aspect… with complaining” he replied. “I love my passport but on that aspect, I should have had a different passport, actually.” The Dutchman also complained of ‘British bias’ earlier this season following comments made by Adrian Newey.
When asked about the debate surrounding Verstappen’s on-track conduct, former title rival Hamilton was quick to point out that the Dutchman has been employing these tactics for some time, dating back to their no-punches-pulled fight in 2021.
“It’s always been a grey area, that’s why he’s got away with it for so long,” Hamilton explained ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. “They probably need to make some adjustments for sure.
“Also, we do have inconsistencies through rulings, weekend in, weekend out, obviously depending on which years it is. I mean, as a sport, we do need to level up on all areas and if you look at other global sports, they have full-time refs, for example, and I’m sure that wouldn’t be a bad thing for our sport.
“I experienced it many times with Max, you shouldn’t be able to just launch the car on the inside and be ahead and then you go off and still hold your position. So, they need to definitely work on this.”
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$200M Jeff Gordon teams up with Chase Elliott and Co. to decode the HMS driver behind the “Don’t judge me” old tweet
Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon teamed up with Chase Elliott and other HMS drivers in a lighthearted fun exercise for fans where they attempted to solve the mystery behind an old tweet from their current driver.
The anonymous tweet reads, “Don’t judge me, but I can’t wait to see the new twilight movie haha,” and it’s believed to belong to one of the HMS’s driver lineups, which includes Elliott, Kyle Larson, William Byron and Alex Bowman.
Jeff Gordan, who has a net worth of $200 million (according to Celebrity Net Worth), and HMS drivers tried to guess, but none of them were correct. Bowman and Elliott named Byron, while Byron went with Elliott, but it was Larson. He accepted that it was his tweet in 2011 and revealed that he likes Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight movie.
HMS shared the video of the fun investigative activity on Instagram with a caption:
“Hold on tight, spider monkey”
Watch the Jeff Gordon and HMS’s guesses below:
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Three out of four HMS drivers are still in contention for the 2024 NASCAR Cup championship. Larson and Byron are in good position in the playoffs points table, with 35 and 27 points above the cutline.
However, 2020 Cup champion Elliott is in danger of getting eliminated from title contention, as he’s 53 points behind the cutline heading to this weekend’s Homestead-Miami race.
In an interview with NBC Sports earlier this season, Jeff Gordon spoke about the competition between their two best drivers, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, for the regular season championship. Gordan wanted to see both top drivers perform well and race aggressively against each other while maintaining sportsmanship in their chase for the regular season title.
However, neither Larson nor Elliott won the championship; it was Tyler Reddick who clinched the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship. Speaking to NBC Sports, the four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon said:
“I think it’s pretty clear at Hendrick how we expect teams and drivers to race against one another and how they’ve got to go and compete not only against their competitors but against one another.
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“Kyle Busch is an a**”: Brad Keselowski publicly chastised his fierce NASCAR rival in front of over 150,000 spectators
Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski birthed one of the fiercest rivalries in NASCAR. The duo had multiple run-ins throughout their careers, but the seed of their feud was sown at the 2010 Xfinity Series race hosted by the Bristol Motor Speedway. In the aftermath, Keselowski publicly castigated Busch in front of over 150,000 fans during driver introductions.
Busch kicked off his Food City 250 from third place in his #18 Toyota while Keselowski began in 13th. However, as the 250-lap battle inched closer to its conclusion, the then-Penske Racing driver held the domination while the former #18 Joe Gibbs Racing driver fought hard for the lead.
After struggling to overtake for nearly a dozen laps, Busch, with 31 laps until the checkered flag dropped, lunged ahead of Keselowski, only to be wrecked from behind and lose the spot again.
However, the JGR driver quickly retaliated and spun out Keselowski’s #22 Dodge. The move propelled the #18 Toyota to the victory lane while the Penske driver fell from a potential win to settling in 14th place.
The bitter feeling inside Brad Keselowski surfaced during the Bristol Cup Series race driver introductions the following day. After Kyle Busch introduced himself, his fierce rival took the mic and blasted Busch with his “a**’ comment.
“Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske Racing Dodge. Kyle Busch is an a**,” he said.
However, when asked why he slammed Busch, Keselowski said that Juan Pablo Montoya challenged that he can’t call the JGR driver an “a**”. It’s worth mentioning that the crowd’s roar on the Penske driver’s introduction notched 104.2 decibels.
“Sometimes you just don’t like a guy”: Kyle Busch publicly slams Brad Keselowski during their 2017 title fight
The bitter rivalry between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski was such that both made unapologetic comments about the other from time to time. Despite the latter publicly extending an olive branch to the former in 2015, their relationship remained sour.
Max Verstappen addresses ‘British bias’ at Mexican GP after Lewis Hamilton put-down
$200M Jeff Gordon teams up with Chase Elliott and Co. to decode the HMS driver behind the “Don’t judge me” old tweet
