Novak Djokovic has achieved remarkable achievements and has become a force to reckon with on the court. He has been a controversial character and had plenty of struggles throughout his career. Earlier, he had spoken about his trauma of growing up in Belgrade in the middle of wars. Recently, Serbian journalist and commentator Nebojsa Viskovic has revealed a lot about Djokovic’s strong effect on Serbia’s Tennis world.

Tennis fans are aware of the stories of Djokovic’s training in swimming pools because accessing the actual tennis courts was next to impossible at that time. Well, these hardships in his childhood have now made the 36YO mentally more determined and tougher. Through this recent podcast, the Tennis world is going to get a closer view of how Djokovic actually lit up Tennis in Serbia!

The influence of Novak Djokovic in making Serbia, a tennis-playing nation

Despite all the hardships during the initial stages of his career, the Serb has now become a 24 Grand Slam titles holder. Djokovic is currently ranked at the number one spot in men’s singles ranking for a record of 401 weeks in thirteen different years. He also holds the record of becoming the year-end number one for a record 8 times. Djokovic has influenced tennis ‘euphoria’ in Serbia and here’s what the Serbian tennis journalist has to say.

‘Tennis wasn’t so popular in Serbia before Novak. I mean, we had some good players. Of course, there was first former Yugoslavia with many good players, especially from Croatia, like Ivanisevic and so on. And when Novak came actually, he came in a package with other players, you know, with female players Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic. They’re all number one in their categories. So it was really lit. Yeah. Something like big tennis euphoria back then. And big boom, big tennis boom. And, of course, there’s so many good things that happened in Serbia because of Novak,‘ Nebojsa Viskovic.

The Serbian tennis icon is the only man in tennis to triumph in all four majors at once across three different surfaces. In singles, he’s the only player to complete a Career Golden Masters twice in his career. Novak Djokovic is also the only man to achieve a triple Career Grand Slam.

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That’s plenty of achievements to remember at a go. But there’s no denying the fact that these records are a source of inspiration for thousands of young Serbs looking to try their luck at the racket sport.

A look back at Djokovic’s extraordinary season 

Novak Djokovic has won 7 titles including 3 Grand Slam titles this season. He has also managed to retain the top spot in single ranking. But did he end the year on a high note? Serbia recently got knocked out by Italy in the Davis Cup semi-finals. He was aiming for the second title for his nation after a long gap of 13 years. Djokovic looked absolutely exhausted and disappointed with his performance when he came for a post-match interview.

However, there is a lot more to come next year as he aims to improve his performance on the clay court. Djokovic is on the verge of winning a Quadruple Career Slam and a Triple Golden Masters (winning all 9 ATP Masters 1000 tournaments at least three times + a gold medal at the Olympics). Can he create a few more records next year and touch the untouchable heights in the racket sport?

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