In a few words to the Foundation of the Serbian, the father of the 24-time Grand Slam champion was moved and excited to recall his son's early moments as a tennis player.
Srdjan Djokovic
Novak Djokovic made striking headlines in a conversation he had with a Serbian media outlet, speaking openly about his childhood. Particularly notable were his confessions about when he was between 10 and 12 years old. "My mother is the pillar of the family, and my father is the driving force to do things. He had an incredible energy, and I needed that as a child. There were moments when I doubted whether to dedicate myself to tennis or skiing. My father was my role model, he skied very well, and I wanted to imitate him," he explained.
"I remember one night when he put 10 marks on the table and told me that was all the money we had. He said that if I truly wanted to commit to tennis, we would create a path to achieve it, that we would find a way to get the necessary money. Both he and my mother gave me the opportunity to choose. Tennis was an incredibly expensive sport, and it still is. I understood his message; I knew I had to mature very quickly," he concluded.
"I remember my dad putting 10 marks on the table and saying, 'This is all we have. We'll find the money, we'll create the conditions, we'll figure it out. If there is no clear path, we'll make one. You just have to tell me, are you ready for this?'"
— Dan Gernez (@GernezDan) June 14, 2025
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In a few words to the Foundation of the Serbian, the father of the 24-time Grand Slam champion was moved and excited to recall his son's early moments as a tennis player.
Novak Djokovic made striking headlines in a conversation he had with a Serbian media outlet, speaking openly about his childhood. Particularly notable were his confessions about when he was between 10 and 12 years old. "My mother is the pillar of the family, and my father is the driving force to do things. He had an incredible energy, and I needed that as a child. There were moments when I doubted whether to dedicate myself to tennis or skiing. My father was my role model, he skied very well, and I wanted to imitate him," he explained.
"I remember one night when he put 10 marks on the table and told me that was all the money we had. He said that if I truly wanted to commit to tennis, we would create a path to achieve it, that we would find a way to get the necessary money. Both he and my mother gave me the opportunity to choose. Tennis was an incredibly expensive sport, and it still is. I understood his message; I knew I had to mature very quickly," he concluded.
"I remember my dad putting 10 marks on the table and saying, 'This is all we have. We'll find the money, we'll create the conditions, we'll figure it out. If there is no clear path, we'll make one. You just have to tell me, are you ready for this?'"
— Dan Gernez (@GernezDan) June 14, 2025
Djokovic was 12 years old pic.twitter.com/oiQBYFnj6g
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Djokovic desvela el momento crucial en su vida que le unió al tenis para siempre
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