“He Is the King of Serbia” – Dominic Thiem Heaps Praise on Novak Djokovic
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Novak Djokovic organized and hosted the Adria Tour in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday. Hundreds of media personnel and fans attended the event. And the initial press conference involved World No.1 Novak Djokovic himself with Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, and Grigor Dimitrov. Following the press conference, exhibition matches were organized.
There were two groups of four each for the matches. Each group followed a round-robin format and matches took place in two sessions. Dominic Thiem got his Adria Tour underway with a win over Damir Dzumhar. Unfortunately, Dzumhar retired just after 2 games. In the night session, Thiem saved three match points to beat Serbian Dusan Lajovic and enter the finals. He later beat another Serbian Philip Krajinovic in the final to win the first leg of the Adria Tour.
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Djokovic’s stature in the game is huge. The young players respect him a lot and rejecting an invitation from him is impossible. Thiem praised Djokovic for the tour and thanked him for the invitation.
“He called me about three or four weeks ago. We talked for five minutes and whenever he organizes something it must be big,” said Thiem.
Thiem even went overboard in praising the World No.1.
“He is the king of Serbia,” said Thiem.
Why did Novak Djokovic tear up?
Djokovic after his last match against Zverev was in tears. The crowd was adoring their home hero and gave him a standing ovation.
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“I am not crying because I got knocked out of the tournament, I am just overwhelmed by emotion because this reminds me of my childhood”. said the World No.1.
But there were no rules regarding social distancing and the use of masks, Djokovic was heavily scrutinized during the event. He faced a lot of flak for the decision with regard to social distancing, masks, and precautions.
“Of course, lives have been lost and that’s horrible to see, in the region and worldwide. But life goes on and we as athletes are looking forward to competing,” said Djokovic.
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With various tours and tournaments coming up like the Adria Tour and Ultimate Tennis Showdown players are trying to find ways to compete and meet with each other.
Zadar, Croatia will be the location of the second leg of Adria Tour on June 20th and 21st, with the 2014 US Open winner Marin Cilic and Croatian No.1 Borna Coric joining Djokovic in the second leg.
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