I was going to write about the Meaning of Life today, but I put it aside when I got a hot tip to write about Novak Djokovic’ match versus Viktor Troicki that went down on the opening days of the last major tournament of the year 2010.
Novak Djokovic had a hard time earlier this week playing in the hot hot sun at the US Open. He was down two sets versus fellow countryman Viktor Troicki and it didn’t seem like The Djoker was able to turn the tables this time. Not with the full sun heating up the court.
Troicki must have thought that he had bagged the match already when an epiphany struck The Djoker. With the sun going down and the shades providing cool air, The Djoker rallied and turned the tables and bagged the match in five.
Brad Gilbert asked him what the shade felt like and The Djoker just gave the perfect analogy:
And this is what The Djoker had to say at the press conference:
Q. Did you see the replay or the actual live shot of [Roger Federer's] tween the legs shot last night?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: No. I’ve seen it live last year passing next to me (smiling). That’s enough traumatic experiences for me. Today when Viktor tried to do the same thing, I said, No, no, please. He was running for the ball between the legs. Please miss it. Please don’t embarrass me again.
Q. As somebody who does very good imitations, is that something you can imitate?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: No, definitely not. I am not as good as he is in that. I’d like to be very careful with my racquet (smiling). You know what I mean.
Q. You made a comment about sleeping with your girlfriend out on the court. What was that analogy to?
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: I don’t know. He asked me for the comparison of the feeling, what kind of feeling was it to feel the shade. The sun came down and I didn’t have any more heat, what kind of feeling was it. It just came up to me. It’s one of the best feelings, I guess, when you’re sleeping with your close one. So I compare it to that.
Q. Must have felt good.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: It felt unbelievable (smiling). Let’s get back to tennis now (laughter).
In other Djokovic news it seems that some attendants of his match versus Germany’s Philip Petzschner could have used some shade as well when things heated up and they got in a fight.
The horrors of having to witness that.
Update! The video of the incident can be seen below:
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I wish the cameraman had been closer so we could hear what started this. Somebody obviously wasn't happy with Petzschner's performance
That's the kind of thing I'd expect to see on the English football terraces, not a Grand Slam tennis second round match. Imagine how exciteable they would have been if it was finals day…
the reason for the fight was that the younger guy was obnoxiously screaming loud to show his support. Much like an Aston Villa bar when they score. Except where it's normal in the bar, the old folks didnt quite like it and asked if he could tone it down.
Apparently that's what got it started.
Funny though, u'd indeed expect it from hooligans and not at a tennis tournament let alone a major.
The US Open is miles behind Wimbledon when it comes to fan behavior.
The first thing anyone will notice even on TV is the people just wont shut the hell up.
As for Djokovic, I was in Rome a few years ago when he won and the post match interview was about like this one. most surprising (and to the obvious joy of italian fans), he did the interview in italian. (i think he has some kind of therapist or chiro in italy that he visits often so he learned the language).
The reason I mention that is I speak 4 languages and its very hard to pass on wit and humour in a foreign tongue. personality and charm needs no words but being verbally agile in many languages is much harder.