WATCH: Novak Djokovic’s father Srdjan shows off his dancing moves after son clinches 2023 Australian Open title
Novak Djokovic's father Srdjan was spotted celebrating his son's Australian Open victory at his hotel room in Melbourne.
Srdjan Djokovic
Srdjan Djokovic must be one of the happiest people alive today. How can’t he be, when his son pulls off one of the greatest victories in the history of tennis considering the emotional aspects of the Australian Open 2023 for the Serbian and his family? The final against the Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was yet another Novak Djokovic show in Melbourne. The final score was 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-5).
Srdjan watched the match from a hotel room in Melbourne. The video of him dancing to a famous singer Dobrivoj Topalović‘s song “We Mowed the Hay” and Srdjan singing “Mow dad, I mow...” by raising his three fingers has now gone viral. He himself was in a controversy last week for posing with “Russian fans“. Also keeping the deportation saga in mind, the celebrations must be big in Novak Djokovic camp.
Novak Djokovic’s father had the green signal to attend the match in the player’s box but he decided to watch it from the hotel room due to the controversies that popped up around the “Russain” picture. Even Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley gave the statement about the same before the final, “It’s his decision, we are going to let it be his decision and ultimately, he has got to make that call. He didn’t break any event policy. That’s really important because what’s been written about what he said hasn’t been correct and I think people are backtracking from that.” (Source: Kurir, translated via google)
Novak Djokovic reaches new milestones with the Australian Open 2023 title
The Serbian Great Novak Djokovic has underlined his name on top of the tennis world yet again with the Australian Open 2023 title. The most important record among all with this win is the number 22nd Grand Slam title. Amidst all the other records, this number is the most talked about in the tennis world. He has now equaled his biggest Rafael Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slams.
Other than that, the 10th title in Australian Open is his own record updation of most titles won by a Male tennis player in the tournament. This also means that Djokovic rises back to World No. 1 starting his record-extending 374th week as the top-ranked male. He is now four weeks shy of matching Steffi Graf’s all-time record of 378 weeks.
Djokovic has also broken the tie with Rafael Nadal on the most number of ATP titles won. This is the 93rd ATP title for the Serbian. Next up is Ivan Lendl with 94. With his 67th hardcourt title now, he closes the gap to Roger Federer who leads with 71 titles on hardcourts.
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