Novak Djokovic left puzzled by Serbian fan of Roger Federer in an awkward fan meeting

Djokovic shares a funny fan interaction on the Wish&Go Podcast.

Novak Djokovic left puzzled by Serbian fan of Roger Federer in an awkward fan meeting

Novak Djokovic with fans (Image via The Japan Times)

There are often moments when players meet fans and have rather funny conversations with them. It’s joyous for both the fans and the players. Novak Djokovic recently in an interview with the Wish&Go Podcast shared a funny incident of him meeting a Serbian fan who didn’t actually root for him.

Well, he rooted for one of Djokovic’s biggest rivals, none other than Roger Federer, and the interaction was an interesting one.

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The individual belonged to Serbia and thus was supposed to be a Novak Djokovic fan. But as it turned out, the guy was a Federer fan. The fan clearly mentioned that in all his friends and family he was the only one who rooted for Federer whereas all the others rooted for their local hero Djokovic. The 36-year-old then said to him that he expected many more of such home fans who would root for someone else and not him. So he was glad it was only one. Djokovic being the charismatic character he is, asked the fan what he could do to turn him into his fan. It was a special meeting and a queer one for sure.

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This is what Djokovic had to say about the incident, “He said ‘You know I’m the only person from Serbia who roots for Federer against you.’ I respond ‘I didn’t know, I thought there were more of you, but if you’re the only one, that’s great. How can I make you root for me?’”

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Can Novak Djokovic equal most singles Grand Slams record at the 2023 Wimbledon?

Novak Djokovic (Image via Current Affairs-Adda247)
Novak Djokovic (Image via Current Affairs-Adda247)

The 2023 season of Novak Djokovic has taught all of us one thing for sure. Even if the Serb doesn’t do well in normal tour matches, he still is one of the biggest threats when it comes to Grand Slams. Winning both the Australian Open and the French Open this year, he has a few milestones in sight that the Serb would be thrilled to achieve. The first one is the Calendar Slam.

Djokovic was super close to achieving this feat in 2021 but missed out on the absolute final stage, the US Open final. The other milestone will be to equal Roger Federer’s Wimbledon record of 8 titles. The third one which is not spoken much about but is extremely huge in importance when it comes to the history of the sport is the fact that the Serb will equal Margaret Court in winnings the most number of Grand Slams as a Singles player.

Court has 24 of them and Djokovic is now tied with Serena Williams at 23. He would love to win at the All England Club and make it 24 and hopefully cross it and make it 25 very soon. Can he do that? Let’s wait and watch as the games begin in two weeks’ time.

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