Emotional Five-Year-Old Obstacle That Might Hamper Novak Djokovic?s Winning Chances as Champion Reveals Family Bias Against Andrey Rublev

23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is back to his best. After a rather disappointing 2022 season by his standards, the Serbian superstar clinched back-to-back Grand Slam titles earlier this year. Showing prime supremacy at 36, Djokovic dominated his opponents at the Australian Open and the French Open. Further, he has continued his blazing form at this year’s Wimbledon Championships.

The defending champion has looked solid as he breezed through to the quarterfinals at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Later today, he’ll face the challenge of the seventh seed, Andrey Rublev. However, Djokovic received an unexpected surprise before his quarterfinal encounter against the Russian.

Novak Djokovic won’t get his daughter’s support

Before the pre-match interview, the seven-time Wimbledon champion made a bizarre revelation that shocked many. Opening up on this, Djokovic said that his five-year-old daughter won’t be cheering for him as she is a big Andrey Rublev fan. The former World Number 1 told the BBC, “She likes him for his headband and for his energy and intensity. That?s the number one choice of my daughter, yes.?

Further, Djokovic also revealed that although his daughter doesn’t follow tennis much, she still likes Rublev very much. Nonetheless, the Serb hopes to overcome the challenge of his Russian opponent as he looks to claim a hattrick of Grand Slam titles.

Djokovic and Rublev have faced each other on four occasions. The former has dominated his encounters against Rublev, winning three of the four matches played. It will be a replay of this year’s Australian Open quarterfinals later today where Djokovic defeated Rublev in straight sets.

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Djokovic at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships

The 23-time Grand Slam champion hasn’t had the easiest of draws at this year’s Wimbledon. In the first round, he defeated Argentina’s Pedro Cachin in straight sets. Further, in a near-identical score line, the Serb overcame the challenge of Jordan Thompson of Australia in the second round.

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Coming up against Stan Wawrinka in the third round, the second seed broke hardly any sweat to dispatch him in straight sets. Djokovic lost the only set at this year’s Wimbledon against Hubert Hurkacz in the fourth round. The quarterfinal encounter between Djokovic and Rublev is expected to be a mouth-watering contest. It’ll be interesting to see who comes out on top.