The young ones of Novak Djokovic are eager to follow in their father’s footsteps. Currently, the legendary Serb is competing in the ATP Finals, the year-end competition and during his practice sessions, he had some special visitors. It was none other than his little son Stefan and daughter Tara.
Despite several difficulties, the Serbian player is having a fantastic season. The tennis giant is ready to win the year-end competition and equal the record of the Swiss Maestro Roger Federer.
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Fans gush over Djokovic’s son trying the failed smash
During his practice session at the ATP Finals, the 21-time Grand Slam champion was joined by his children. While Djokovic‘s daughter was occupied spending time with her father, his 8-year-old son was practicing the well-known ‘failed’ Djokovic smash, which was applauded by fans. Fans have been coming up with hilarious reactions over the video of the 8-year-old practicing the smash.
Stefan practicing Djokosmash 😭 pic.twitter.com/8yfPn2DKOZ
— Т🌴 (@tennisispain) November 14, 2022
A fan pointed out the similarities between the father and the son, as he wrote, “Like father like son” and another fan believes it’s a family legacy, “that djokosmash will be the family’s legacy for years to come.”
Like father like son 🙈
— Venice 💜 (@Venice_MS_RF) November 14, 2022
that djokosmash will be the family's legacy for years to come 😅
— Marti💚 (@Jennlooo) November 14, 2022
that’s exactly what I thought 😂
— Murali (@murali_iygr) November 14, 2022
A fan called Stefan “daddy’s boy” trying to follow his father.
daddy's boy😆 https://t.co/iac3QMzDwM
— Saša Stošić 🎾🏀🏁🎶 (@Sleepwalker64) November 14, 2022
Another fan tweeted, “Don’t pass it on to your children” (Translated using Google Translate)
子供まで受け継がないでw https://t.co/vxsHkblDor
— D (@KAWORU0113) November 15, 2022
Ans failing like his dad successfully https://t.co/GPz6ohygdQ
— Avinash (@Avinash_937) November 14, 2022
While other fans cannot stop adoring the little Djokovic, here are some more comments.
we will see djokovic’s name for a very long time😭😭😭 https://t.co/ZDZCpZnJWX
— sof (@c4rlit0s55) November 14, 2022
hope Novak can do what he thought his son rn https://t.co/jgeSId0LSo
— stef tsitsipas #1 ranking manager and felixs whore (@rogerfuckerer) November 14, 2022
A fan also called his children his pride and wrote, “PRIDE OF PAPA DJOKO” (Translated using Google Translate)
ORGULHO DO PAPA DJOKO: https://t.co/paoALxk9sU
— Break Point (@BreakPointBR) November 14, 2022
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Novak Djokovic marks his 60th career win against the top three
The 21-time Grand Slam champion is the only tennis player to have 60 career victories over the Top 3 players since the ATP ranking was introduced in 1973. The tennis star overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening match of the ATP Finals for the ninth time in a row and also earned his 60th victory among the top three players.
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Rafael Nadal has won 55 matches against the top three in his career, and Roger Federer, has 51 wins. The Big Three have maintained an almost-peak ATP ranking for most of their careers. Notably, out of Djokovic’s sixty victories, 23 were over the Swiss Maestro, 22 over the Spaniard, and 10 over Andy Murray, and one against Andy Roddick, Ferrer, Juan Martin del Potro, Daniil Medvedev and now, Tsitsipas.
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