The British tennis player praised the kindness of the Serb, in an interview with the Mail.
Many fans and insiders have built, over the years, a bad guy reputation around Novak Djokovic. They saw the Serb as an intruder in the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal duopoly and have not forgiven the Serbian champion for having won more than the Swiss and the Spaniard. But this artificially constructed aura around Nole is cloying, stupid, I repeat and underline it for years. I am a fan of all three Big 3 and I highlight once again how Djokovic has deserved everything he has achieved in his career.
Daniel Evans, in an interview with the Mail, expressed all his admiration for the 24-time Grand Slam champion, calling him a polite guy and very far from the bad guy image that many fans and insiders have built around the Serbian champion.
“One of my fondest memories as a tennis player was training with Djokovic in Marbella before the season started. He is also a very polite guy, the opposite of his bad guy image, his 24/7 dedication is why he is the best player we have ever seen,” he said.
The British player believes that only in the future will people realise how much the Serbian champion has achieved. A legacy that can only be appreciated: “One day we will all look back and finally appreciate how good Djokovic was.”
What must be underlined is that Djokovic is always Djokovic and that it is difficult for what he does on the court to go unnoticed. Nole has been considered the GOAT for a long time, or at least one of the strongest tennis players of his generation, if not the strongest in the history of tennis and, perhaps, of men’s sport in general. Many of his colleagues support this, having in the past come out publicly praising the incredible feats of the Serbian.
As reported by Sportklub, the former ATP Ranking number one argued that his losses always have greater media coverage.
“It’s logical that people talk about these things now, it seems like they’re always looking for headlines like this and great news. A lot of people are not happy that I’m still among the best, so they’re looking forward to a change. It’s an intrinsic part of my sporting career and I always manage to work, perform and live with it. Obviously, the bigger the tournament I lose, the more media coverage it will have. Carlos’ results make it worth talking about a generational change on his part and Sinner is doing very well this year, but these results need to be validated over time. There are people who haven’t even come close to winning Grand Slam titles and make these statements. In any case, words are carried by the wind,” he explained.
Djokovic only fell in the final at Wimbledon against a phenomenal Carlos Alcaraz. His journey on the lawns of the All England Club cannot be underestimated considering the injury he suffered a few weeks earlier.
Andy Roddick knows this very well, having spent words of great admiration towards him.
“It’s absurd that Novak managed to reach the final of this tournament. He had surgery, he didn’t train athletically, little tennis and no preparation matches.
And yet he reached the final at Wimbledon. You have to give Novak only compliments. All he did before Wimbledon was try to be healthy enough to play his first round match, then the next one and so on,” he said in the latest episode of the Served with Andy Roddick podcast.