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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Novak Djokovic's life

Novak Djokovic, who was born on May 22, 1987, in Serbia, is a professional tennis player. He is married to Jelena Ristić and has two siblings -- Djordje and Marko. The player can speak Serbian, English, French, German, and Italian languages.

Career

Novak Djokovic is currently ranked as world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) -- the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits.

Djokovic is a nine-time champion at the Australian Open, including each of the past three years. He owns 20 Grand Slam singles titles in all, tying him with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for the most won by a man in tennis history.

Novak Djokovic started playing tennis at the age of four when his parents sent him to a tennis camp in Novi Sad. In 1993, a Serbian tennis player and coach Jelena Genčić noticed and acknowledged his budding skills. She became his coach until 1999 and for his further development, he was trained by Nikola Pilić, Marián Vajda and Boris Becker in the later years.

He gradually reached the ranks and began his international career in 2001 at the age of 14 and won European championships in singles, doubles, and team categories. In 2007, he reached the finals of the US Open but lost in straight sets to Swiss tennis player Roger Federer.

Djokovic won his first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, in 2008 and emerged the first Serbian to win one of tennis’ four most prestigious singles championships. Later that year, he bagged a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

In 2020, he continued to clinch titles at the Australian Open, winning his 17th Grand Slam title. At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, Djokovic recorded the 100th grass-court win of his career by defeating Márton Fucsovics in the quarterfinal.

2022 Australian Open controversy

In January 2022, Djokovic was one of the few players and staff to be granted a medical exemption from mandatory Covid-19 vaccination by Tennis Australia and the Department of Health of the state government of Victoria for the Australian Open tournament.

He travelled to Melbourne on January 5 but was detained by the Australian Border Force after they determined he did not meet the entry requirements for an unvaccinated traveller. His visa was cancelled and he was held in an immigration detention hotel for several days awaiting a court hearing. It was later revealed that Djokovic tested positive for Covid-19 on December 16, 2021, which was used as the basis for his exemption. Djokovic stated that he was notified of the positive test on December 17 and admitted that he did not isolate afterwards, attending an interview and photoshoot.

On January 10, the Federal Circuit and Family Court ruled in favour of Djokovic, ordering his release and awarding costs.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC NEWS

I still have lots of motivation: Novak Djokovic at Australian Open
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Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal can only meet in final at Australian Open
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Novak Djokovic to start 2023 in Adelaide ahead of Australian Open
Novak Djokovic will open his 2023 campaign in Adelaide as he prepares for a shot at a 10th Australian Open crown a year after ...| December 07, 2022, Wednesday
Novak Djokovic beats Van de Zandschulp to enter Astana Open quarterfinals
Add Botic van de Zandschulp to the long list of players to have been schooled by Novak Djokovic. Djokovic eased past Van de ...| October 07, 2022, Friday
Novak Djokovic defeats Span's Pablo Andujar in Tel Aviv Watergen Open
The 88-time tour-level titlist Novak Djokovic cruised past Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Tel ...| September 30, 2022, Friday
Still have passion, hunger to play highest level of tennis: Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis ace and the winner of 21 singles Grand Slam titles, Novak Djokovic, has said he still had the "passion" and ...| September 28, 2022, Wednesday
Federer, Nadal, Djokovic set new bar of Tennis for next generations
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Djokovic's players' association appoints Ahmad Nassar as executive director
The tennis players' association founded by Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil two years ago appointed former NFL Players Inc. ...| August 26, 2022, Friday
Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic out of US Open; can't travel to New York
Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year's last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for ...| August 25, 2022, Thursday
Djokovic will not play in US Open, indicates his official website
World no. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the US Open, scheduled to be played from August 29, according to his official ...| August 23, 2022, Tuesday

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