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“There Are a Bunch of People Who Are Very Happy to Weaken Him” – Former World No.6 Defends Novak Djokovic

Published 06/25/2020, 12:34 PM EDT

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Criticism has been high around Novak Djokovic due to the Adria Your fiasco. The World No.1 has created doubts in people’s mind regarding his responsibilities. But there are a few who still believe in the Serbian.

Gilles Simon is someone who has not dived into the criticism pool. Simons in conversation with Tennis break news has been gentle with the Serbian. He believes this controversy has been stretched and has blown out of proportion now.

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” As Novak Djokovic tries to do a lot of things, it annoys a lot of people ” – Giles Simon

The former World No.6 has sided with Djokovic as he thinks it’s happened behind the scene and is all politics.

“It is difficult to decide on the repercussions of all this because it is only politics,” he added.

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Simon also thinks that bigger tournaments would try their best in avoiding a mishap. They will use Djokovic’s name and over criticize to assure that their tournament runs fine.

“They will charge Djokovic by saying it’s all his fault and that it will be better organized on their side. Because they don’t want this thing to affect their tournament. There are a bunch of people who are very happy to weaken Djoko” he said.

Note: The Quotes are translated from French

Simon has been critical of Noah Rubin. Rubin has been criticizing everything about Djokovic. Noah raised questions over Djokovic’s president role in the ATP players Council. Specifically mentioning that Novak missed a zoom call containing all the players and the ATP.

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“He accuses him of not having been at the final conference when he had discussed all the subjects with everyone beforehand,” said Simon

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“As Novak tries to do a lot of things, it annoys a lot of people “ he added.

There are very few standing with and supporting the World No.1. His fans would hope for a speedy recovery. Only time will tell how Djokovic reacts to all the comments.

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Bhavishya Mittal is a tennis author for EssentiallySports, who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Manipal University. A former sports editor for The Manipal Journal, Bhavishya has also worked for The New Indian Express. He has a keen eye for many sports but he is a particularly ardent follower of tennis, with a zest to create riveting articles on the ever-evolving sport.
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