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[soft breeze gently whooshing]
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[gentle music playing]
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[waves lapping lightly]
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[Novak Djokovic]
It's true wisdom
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to know how to let go,
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to know how to liberate
yourself and feel free,
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because there's no stronger
feeling in life than freedom.
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[waves lapping lightly]
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[Jelena Djokovic]
Novak is incredibly vulnerable.
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And soft and gentle.
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- [kisses smacking]
- [child laughing]
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[lips smacking]
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[Jelena] But he's also angry.
There is the anger in him, too.
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[gentle music
continues playing]
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I guess the anger is these
unexpressed emotions
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that he has had to throw
under the carpet.
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[explosions booming]
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[loud boom]
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He's this playful kid that just
wants to do what he loves
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and he's really good at,
but I don't think
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there was ever a chance
for most of the kids
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of that generation
to play too much.
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Basically, for him,
tennis is a safe nest.
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That's the place
where he finds love.
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[inaudible cheering]
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[Novak] I cannot say I feel
content with what I have
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and who I am.
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I am always looking to be more,
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better, faster, stronger.
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Oftentimes I feel
that I am imprisoning myself.
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In order for you to thrive
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and to be at the maximum
of your abilities,
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you have to literally transform
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every part of your life...
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outside of the tennis court
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to be in service
to the tennis court.
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And that has consequences.
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[♪ Radiohead plays
"The National Anthem"]
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[howling]
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[howling]
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[Andre Agassi] I don't feel like
he's been appreciated
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{\an8}nearly as much as he's worthy of
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{\an8}for what he's brought
to the game of tennis.
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{\an8}Nobody can touch
what he's accomplished.
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{\an8}I mean, it is as clear
as it gets.
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He's the best of all time.
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He's won more Masters
than anybody,
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won more Slams than anybody.
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He's been ranked number one
longer than anybody.
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{\an8}By every measure,
he did what was asked of him.
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But the body's talking.
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Time is talking.
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♪ Everyone ♪
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♪ Everyone around here ♪ ♪
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[Novak]
I have no date in my mind,
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to be honest,
the expiry date of my career.
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{\an8}I know a lot of people
are speculating that,
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{\an8}a lot of people are retiring me
already for many years.
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[tennis ball thwacking]
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I said why would you
want to retire me...
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when I'm still playing
and I'm still competing
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at the highest level?
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I'm still top five,
top 10 in the world.
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Why would I talk
about retirement...
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when I keep proving to myself
that I can still win?
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Olympic gold was the one thing
that I did not have.
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To win gold was the ultimate.
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I just had a clear goal.
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[announcer] The fans in place
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for what should be
a spectacular final
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coming up in the men's singles
gold medal decider.
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It will be Novak Djokovic
who is facing Carlos Alcaraz.
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Novak with those
24 Grand Slam titles.
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{\an8}This was his fifth Olympics.
Twenty years he's been trying
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{\an8}to win Olympic gold for Serbia.
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Twenty years.
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[Rafael Nadal] You have only
one chance every four years,
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{\an8}and when you lose that match...
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{\an8}it's very difficult mentally
to accept that.
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"I'm gonna need four more years
to have another chance."
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[Mary Carillo]
Carlos Alcaraz has talent
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spilling out his sides.
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He's only 21 years old,
he's already won four majors.
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[fans cheering]
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[Mary]
Going into the Olympics,
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Novak hadn't won
a tournament all year.
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Is this the inflection point?
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Obviously,
Alcaraz is-- is favorite.
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{\an8}But Novak is Novak
when the moment matters.
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[announcer]
Novak Djokovic!
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[cheering and applause]
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You could feel, like,
he was not going there
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for the silver medal.
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[players grunting]
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- [cheering and applause]
- [commentator 1 laughing]
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[commentator 2]
Give it up, give it up!
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- Come on!
- [commentator 1] And get up!
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And get up!
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[Jelena] It's really tiring
living that stress
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and pressure of having
to always be the best.
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And I kept thinking,
it would be great
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{\an8}if he won the Olympic gold.
Like, that's it.
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{\an8}"I have nothing else to prove
to anyone or to myself."
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[players grunting]
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[crowd roaring]
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[announcer]
And for Novak Djokovic,
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two sets to love.
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[commentator] Novak Djokovic
gets gold for Serbia!
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[gentle violin music playing]
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[gentle music
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[Jelena]
I cried because I was so happy.
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That was such a relief.
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And I remember
his coach shouting,
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"Game over!
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He has done it all.
He's done it all!"
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And I'm looking at him like,
"Oh my God,
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we shall see what's next."
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He's like, "No, no,
he's thinking, he's contem--"
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I'm like, "He does that a lot
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"because he likes to play
that game,
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but definitely no out for him."
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{\an8}[gentle music playing]
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[Jelena speaking Serbian]
How are you feeling?
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[speaking Serbian]
It's catching up to me slowly.
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Too many things are happening,
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and so I can't come
to my senses.
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I can't, in some way, see
the big picture in peace.
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I didn't know, I never
won Olympics, so it was--
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for me, it was the highlight
of my career, right?
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Considering all the losses
at previous Olympic Games
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and how I felt, and then
the roller coaster of emotions
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that I've been through.
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And the celebration
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for like seven to ten days
after that.
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{\an8}[people shouting]
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{\an8}[light patting on windows]
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[shouting continues]
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Be careful, be careful,
be careful.
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Drive, drive, drive.
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[Novak] Olympics were
so draining for me,
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as much as they were rewarding
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and beautiful
to experience that,
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and win gold,
and have my family,
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and then go back to Serbia
and celebrate, and all that.
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[speaking Serbian]
This is the greatest feeling
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a Serbian athlete can have.
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Thank you again.
Long live Serbia. Let's go!
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[cheering and applause]
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When you're at the top,
when you're dominating,
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when you're feeling
like you're the best,
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regardless of your age,
you wanna keep going.
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[commentator 1]
Novak is determined.
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I think this is his best chance
to win another major.
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[commentator 2] Novak Djokovic
gonna have to do it
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the hard way in Melbourne
to win his 25th Grand Slam.
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[commentator 1]
Number 25 is sitting there
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and he's going for it.
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There are only three ways
to retire in sports.
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The game retires you,
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and these guys who couldn't
hold your jockstrap
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are now beating you.
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Your body retires you.
You wake up one day,
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and your body says,
"We can't do this anymore."
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Or you go out on top.
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Most players
need door number one.
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- [ball thwacking]
- [player grunting]
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"Because if none of you chumps
can beat me...
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why would I quit?"
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There's no way on Earth
that Novak Djokovic
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is passing the torch to anybody.
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You gotta take it.
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[sneakers squeaking]
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Everybody's asking him,
"When you're gonna retire,"
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and all of that.
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He definitely has mixed
feelings about his retirement.
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This is the biggest
decision of his life.
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{\an8}[gentle music playing]
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{\an8}[grunting]
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[Novak] When I started,
I was four, five.
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Grew up on the mountains and
I skied a lot when I was a kid.
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But tennis was...
[clicking tongue]
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...just the dominant sport
inside of my heart.
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{\an8}My dad was a professional skier.
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He was instructor
when he stopped skiing,
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and as instructor,
he met my mom on the ski slope.
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And he approached her,
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and that's where
the-- the love started,
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and they decided to live
in that mountain.
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They opened a restaurant.
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That in summer, they were
building a tennis court
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just next to the restaurant.
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[Novak] Actually,
the first time they start
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building those courts,
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{\an8}I was here because
of the family's restaurant,
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{\an8}and I was helping the workers,
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{\an8}'cause I was-- you know,
I-- I never heard for tennis.
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Nobody has ever really played
tennis in my family before.
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And they told me that they were
building a tennis court,
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so I asked, what is that?
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And they told me,
"Well, it's a sport.
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It's nice, it's played
with a racket."
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I asked my father,
he knew about it.
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So then, I started
watching it on TV,
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and I helped the workers.
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I brought them some free drinks
from the restaurant.
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In return, they--
they allowed me
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to help them out.
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[Dijana Djokovic]
We like sports,
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we always watch sports on TV.
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{\an8}So, usually Sports Channel,
and he was watching Wimbledon.
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{\an8}[grunting]
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{\an8}[commentator]
Game, set, match, Agassi!
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{\an8}[cheering and applause]
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[Dijana]
He said, "I would like to try.
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I would like one racket."
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So, Father bought him
one small racket.
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{\an8}[Dijana]
And he start to play outside,
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{\an8}you know, in front
of our restaurant.
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And then, when he said,
"I want to play,"
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we put him in this camp.
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{\an8}[Dijana] He was playing
some match during the camp.
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I get out and watch him.
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And he was so crying
when he lost.
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I said, "Never mind.
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It's just one match."
"No, I don't want."
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He didn't want to lose.
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Out!
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[people chattering]
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Jelena Gencic,
she's my "tennis mom,"
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as I like to call her.
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Her influence on me
was very big.
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She was one of the early
coaches of Monica Seles.
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[Jelena Gencic]
I saw one little boy
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{\an8}just behind the fence, you know,
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{\an8}and watching, watching,
watching all morning.
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And I asked him, "Do you know
what we are doing here?"
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"Yes, I know.
You play tennis."
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"Oh, what's your name?"
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"Novak Djokovic."
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[grunting]
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[Jelena Gencic] Bravo!
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[Novak yelling and grunting]
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[man speaking Serbian]
Jelena, already after
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10 to 15 days said that
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{\an8}in her life she hasn't seen a
greater talent than Novak.
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[man speaking Serbian]
She even compared him
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to Monica Seles.
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What I like the most about
tennis are the forehand,
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the backhand,
and the volley shots.
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That's how I defeat opponents.
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Then, you start to believe.
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We decided
to give him support.
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[grunting]
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[Novak] The concept of longevity
was introduced by her
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when I was nine, ten years old.
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Take care of your body,
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take care of yourself,
your mind.
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We were learning
about importance
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of listening
to classical music,
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importance of knowing
how to relax,
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knowing how to breathe.
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She said I should approach
tennis in such a way
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that I don't want to have
only one shot at Wimbledon...
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but multiple shots at Wimbledon.
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Is tennis a game or a
responsibility to you?
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Well, tennis is
a responsibility to me.
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What is your goal in tennis?
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My goal in tennis is
to become a champion.
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[grunting]
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[Marko Djokovic] She took my dad
on the side and she told him,
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"Your son is gonna be number one
in the world in the future."
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So, can you imagine my dad
out of nowhere...
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listening to that.
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And he, in a way, took it
so seriously, my dad,
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that he said,
"Okay, I'm gonna take care,
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"I'm gonna do everything I can
to-- to allow him,
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give him conditions
so he can flourish."
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[Miljan Amanovic]
What happened to us 1999,
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entire nation was...
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Wow.
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Back then,
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{\an8}whole world turn against us.
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[jet roaring]
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- [air raid siren blaring]
- [announcer] It was a sound
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Yugoslavs had not heard
for real
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since the Second World War,
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and with it a realization
that after months of threats,
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NATO was about to strike.
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[explosion booming]
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[Chris Clarey] Novak grew up
in an environment
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{\an8}where when he was born,
Yugoslavia was as it was.
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{\an8}By 1991, when he was,
you know, four years old,
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{\an8}things had basically exploded.
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- [gunfire]
- And the war and the breakup
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just changed everything.
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NATO reacted and bombed Serbia,
bombed Belgrade,
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because Kosovo,
they viewed as an incursion
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and what Serbians
viewed as a protection
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of Serbian property.
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[Miljan] For 78 days
going against the civilians,
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shooting at hospitals,
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at bridges,
civil infrastructure...
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and saying that they
are like military targets.
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[explosion booming]
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[Marko] At the beginning,
it was a horror story.
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You cannot imagine
as a little kid
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that something
like that can happen.
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During the evenings,
you just hide
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in your little home
that we lived in.
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In a corner all together just
praying that nothing happens.
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[Novak] One of those
first nights of the bombing,
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our building did not
have a shelter.
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So, we had to go
to another building.
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We were running towards
that other building.
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I-It's a horrifying sight
because this is 2:00, 3:00 a.m.
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It was dark.
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- [explosion booming]
- [person shouting]
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[Novak] You see people
running around panicking.
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They don't know where to go,
trying to save their lives.
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I tripped and I fell.
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[people shouting]
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I saw my family running
40, 50 feet in front of me,
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and I tried to scream.
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"Help me, help me!"
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They didn't hear me.
They kept running.
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I turned around
and I looked at our building,
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and I saw a plane
dropping two bombs
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into a nearby hospital.
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[explosion booming]
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Standing in the rain
and darkness
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on a bridge that may be bombed,
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may be Belgrade's
most genuine show of defiance.
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What these people do
is they stand here
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with the target sign
on themselves
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or wear one of these
target buttons,
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which have become kind of the
new national symbol of Serbia.
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And the collective view here
is that, "You can kill us,
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but you cannot kill our spirit
or our country."
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There's a word in Serbian
called inat.
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When people doubt you,
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when everyone
is basically against you,
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that's when you use that inat,
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that force of stubbornness
to prove everybody wrong.
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And that inat is actually
quite widespread
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in the mentality
of Serbian people.
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[Miljan] People are saying
"Okay, you can kill me,
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but fuck you and your bombs."
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And that is inat.
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During those times,
they were really challenging
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for our country.
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Economically,
it was really hard to sustain
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the financial demands
on a family...
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for probably one of
the most expensive sports
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that you could choose.
[chuckles]
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The whole country
was struggling,
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you know, economically.
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I mean, people were literally
looking for shelter
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and trying to save their lives
and not thinking
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about tennis
or anything like that.
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[Srdan speaking Serbian]
It is an expensive sport.
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As a family, we earned
a decent income
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but our earnings covered just
half of the annual expenses
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for his career and development.
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And we covered that deficit
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by borrowing
from various lenders
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who lent us money.
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At that time,
when you borrowed money,
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most of the times you borrowed
money from very wrong people,
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unfortunately,
that were criminals.
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So, all of the reserves
that we had,
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he was giving
to pay off the debt.
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[Marko] We could have
had a normal life,
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a decent life,
buy an apartment or something,
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but my dad was completely giving
everything for Novak's career,
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and it was quite tough for me
as a younger brother
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and-- and Djole
as a younger brother, too.
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{\an8}Our family was suffering
quite a bit
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{\an8}to have Novak
on the right path.
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My parents went all in.
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And that was just a gamble.
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[Novak] I was 12,
and Jelena, I remember,
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was speaking with my parents
and-- and telling them that,
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"I can't help you
more than I did."
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00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,802
It's time for me to move
to a different place
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with different coach
in Germany,
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in Niki Pilic Tennis Academy,
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00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:32,101
one of the best
tennis academies in Europe.
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My father,
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he felt that
I was mature enough
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to take some of the weight
and responsibilities
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that he's been carrying.
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So, he sat us all down
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and he took out
ten deutschmarks
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00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:54,372
at that time,
which is equivalent to $10 now,
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00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,625
and he said,
"This is all we got.
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"I'm going to do
everything possible
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"that you live your dream.
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00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,550
"But there is one thing
that I ask from you.
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00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:09,513
"You have to be
100% dedicated to this,
402
00:23:09,514 --> 00:23:12,767
'cause if I see
that you're not, it's done."
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00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:20,857
For me, it was the--
the worst day of my life,
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00:23:20,858 --> 00:23:23,735
{\an8}I think, and the worst period
while he was there,
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00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:26,030
{\an8}because we couldn't go
with him.
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{\an8}[Chris] Suddenly, being thrust
into a brand-new world
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{\an8}where you don't speak
the language,
408
00:23:32,203 --> 00:23:34,704
{\an8}carrying a load that a boy
should not be having to carry.
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00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:36,456
{\an8}But I think he was able
to handle it in a way
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00:23:36,457 --> 00:23:38,416
that most 12-year-olds
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00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,751
wouldn't have been able
to handle it.
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{\an8}[ball thwacking]
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00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:48,510
{\an8}[Novak] I had to become
more serious, more stern,
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more stable, more of a man
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00:23:51,597 --> 00:23:53,014
rather than a boy.
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00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:55,560
I wasn't the Novak
that I was up to that point.
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00:23:56,727 --> 00:23:58,103
[man speaking English]
It's not easy
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00:23:58,104 --> 00:23:59,354
to leave the family.
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00:23:59,355 --> 00:24:01,189
13 years old.
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00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:04,693
{\an8}I find out that Novak
is exceptionally good,
421
00:24:04,694 --> 00:24:07,321
{\an8}exceptionally coachable.
422
00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:10,032
He was talented.
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00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,160
And his goal is,
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00:24:13,161 --> 00:24:15,163
"I would like to be number one."
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00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:17,414
[Novak] At that point,
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00:24:17,415 --> 00:24:19,207
everything was quite
clear in my mind.
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00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:20,876
I knew where I was going,
428
00:24:20,877 --> 00:24:22,669
I knew what I wanted
to achieve.
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00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:26,381
And so, when I was 15, 16,
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00:24:26,382 --> 00:24:30,552
is when I really went pro, pro,
so to say, fully dedicated.
431
00:24:30,553 --> 00:24:33,514
But we were still needing
to borrow money.
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00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:36,057
[speaking Serbian]
We are not simply
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00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:37,642
looking for money
that people give us
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00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,603
and don't get anything
in return.
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00:24:39,604 --> 00:24:44,191
Therefore, later, when Novak
becomes a professional player
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00:24:44,192 --> 00:24:45,984
and when he starts
getting good results
437
00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:50,447
from prize money and
all the sponsor contracts
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00:24:50,448 --> 00:24:52,449
they will earn
what they invested in him
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00:24:52,450 --> 00:24:54,367
and a percentage
on top of that.
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00:24:54,368 --> 00:24:56,119
[speaking Serbian]
I will play a few more
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junior tournaments
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00:24:57,872 --> 00:25:00,458
which will mostly be
Grand Slams,
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but I am concentrating on
the professional competitions.
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00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:14,095
[Matthew Futterman] Tennis,
for years, has really thrived
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00:25:14,096 --> 00:25:15,640
in these binary worlds.
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00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:19,476
Laver-Rosewall.
447
00:25:19,477 --> 00:25:21,228
Borg-McEnroe.
448
00:25:21,229 --> 00:25:22,855
Sampras-Agassi.
449
00:25:24,190 --> 00:25:28,860
{\an8}The heirs to all of that
are Federer and Nadal.
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00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:30,863
[cheering and applause]
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00:25:35,993 --> 00:25:37,953
[Novak]
Federer and Nadal,
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00:25:37,954 --> 00:25:41,164
two players that have
big contrast in styles.
453
00:25:41,165 --> 00:25:46,003
Nadal has an incredible
bull-like energy.
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00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:49,714
{\an8}Tenacity, intensity.
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00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,468
Federer has elegance...
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00:25:53,427 --> 00:25:56,138
style, charisma.
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00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:03,187
It was a perfect kind
of Hollywood script.
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00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:10,402
Most of the Grand Slam finals,
they were facing each other.
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00:26:10,403 --> 00:26:12,363
They were number one
and two for years.
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00:26:15,157 --> 00:26:17,451
- [commentator] Oh!
- [crowd gasping]
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00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:23,415
[commentators shouting]
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00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:25,417
[cheering and applause]
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00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:27,294
[Matthew] People in tennis
like that world.
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00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:28,713
It's easy, it's simple.
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00:26:29,672 --> 00:26:31,589
It's Ali-Frazier.
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00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:34,593
And then, this guy
comes along from Serbia.
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00:26:36,304 --> 00:26:39,598
{\an8}[commentator] Novak Djokovic
of Serbia and Montenegro.
468
00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:42,643
{\an8}Could be a few butterflies
in his tummy.
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00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:45,771
[applause]
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00:26:47,189 --> 00:26:50,650
Novak Djokovic makes his entry
onto Rod Laver Arena
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00:26:50,651 --> 00:26:53,487
at just 17 years of age.
What a moment for him.
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00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,283
[applause continues]
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[Matthew]
He was young.
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00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:07,668
I'm not really sure how serious
he is about all of this.
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00:27:09,378 --> 00:27:10,670
[laughter]
476
00:27:10,671 --> 00:27:12,214
[high-pitched exclaiming]
477
00:27:13,716 --> 00:27:15,926
{\an8}He would do the imitations
of other players.
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00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:18,970
You know,
whether it was my brother.
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00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:21,307
It was wide!
[shouting indistinctly]
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00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:23,725
[Pat McEnroe]
It was Sharapova,
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00:27:23,726 --> 00:27:25,311
he did a great imitation
of her.
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00:27:25,895 --> 00:27:27,897
[laughter]
483
00:27:29,273 --> 00:27:31,733
[Novak] Having fun
doing impersonations,
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00:27:31,734 --> 00:27:34,652
you know, some people like
that funny side of me
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00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:36,571
that was bringing
the kind of good laughs
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00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:37,740
and good energy on the court.
487
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:43,745
[laughter]
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00:27:43,746 --> 00:27:47,166
[Matthew] Tennis is an
incredibly hierarchical place.
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00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:52,253
It wasn't considered
by certain people
490
00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:56,424
that appropriate for someone
who hadn't won so much
491
00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,594
to be making fun
of people who had.
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00:28:00,805 --> 00:28:04,724
[Jelena] I think tennis
has adopted a certain style
493
00:28:04,725 --> 00:28:06,435
ever since the beginning.
494
00:28:07,812 --> 00:28:11,482
Elite, lavish, expensive.
495
00:28:12,817 --> 00:28:14,234
That's just-- pfft.
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00:28:14,235 --> 00:28:15,610
[marching band playing]
497
00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:18,405
You need to be elegant
and sophisticated
498
00:28:18,406 --> 00:28:21,534
to play the game, and you need
to be the chosen one.
499
00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:24,912
Novak was not the chosen one.
[chuckles]
500
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:28,998
[commentator 1]
[laughing] That's, uh...
501
00:28:28,999 --> 00:28:30,166
[commentator 2]
I know this one.
502
00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:31,334
[commentator 1]
That's you, I believe.
503
00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:32,628
[commentator 2]
I know this one.
504
00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:36,214
[Pat] He's a jokester,
but he also had
505
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,426
this incredible intensity
about him.
506
00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:43,888
[Novak] When I came on the tour,
I didn't care about Federer,
507
00:28:43,889 --> 00:28:46,224
Nadal, or anyone else.
508
00:28:46,225 --> 00:28:48,018
I just had a clear goal.
509
00:28:48,853 --> 00:28:50,353
In my mind,
I wanna be number one.
510
00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:52,313
I want to win Wimbledon.
511
00:28:52,314 --> 00:28:53,982
I wanna make history
of this sport.
512
00:28:53,983 --> 00:28:56,526
Everybody thinks,
you know, Nadal.
513
00:28:56,527 --> 00:28:59,070
For sure, he's the best
on-- on this surface,
514
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,573
but he's not unbeatable,
that's for sure.
515
00:29:01,574 --> 00:29:02,824
He's a little brash.
516
00:29:02,825 --> 00:29:05,201
I think I-- I could win today.
517
00:29:05,202 --> 00:29:08,037
You know, I have to say
that even though he's the best
518
00:29:08,038 --> 00:29:09,747
and everybody thinks
that he's unbeatable,
519
00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:12,333
I-- I say he's not unbeatable,
he's beatable.
520
00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:14,335
Are you kidding me?
521
00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:16,671
Djokovic, do you need
some smelling salts?
522
00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:18,673
Do you-- you wanna incite Rafa?
523
00:29:18,674 --> 00:29:20,300
I think the next time
he plays you,
524
00:29:20,301 --> 00:29:22,010
he is gonna drop
the hammer on you.
525
00:29:22,011 --> 00:29:24,012
You will never forget
saying that.
526
00:29:24,013 --> 00:29:28,184
Here's a guy who sort of looks
and acts and feels different.
527
00:29:29,685 --> 00:29:32,104
{\an8}But, outrageous talent.
528
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:34,565
[grunting]
529
00:29:39,570 --> 00:29:41,279
[announcer]
Game and first set, Djokovic.
530
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,074
Novak quickly started
establishing himself...
531
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,368
as one of the greatest
defensive players
532
00:29:47,369 --> 00:29:48,746
that the game has seen.
533
00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,832
He could just put the wall down
534
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:55,460
and wait for you to implode.
535
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:57,879
{\an8}- [grunting]
- But he could transition
536
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,215
{\an8}from defense to offense
537
00:30:00,216 --> 00:30:03,052
{\an8}probably better than anybody
that's ever played.
538
00:30:04,595 --> 00:30:06,471
[crowd reacting]
539
00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,349
[Andre]
It would just demoralize you.
540
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:12,520
{\an8}[Pete Sampras] He's arguably
the best mover I've ever seen.
541
00:30:13,604 --> 00:30:15,439
{\an8}[crowd shouting]
542
00:30:17,107 --> 00:30:20,486
{\an8}He's got incredible feet,
he's got incredible stretch.
543
00:30:21,779 --> 00:30:23,738
{\an8}Incredible athletic ability.
544
00:30:23,739 --> 00:30:25,616
{\an8}I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.
545
00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:29,619
[interviewer speaking English]
What's it like to play Novak?
546
00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:31,204
{\an8}Difficult. [laughing]
547
00:30:31,205 --> 00:30:32,414
{\an8}Intense.
548
00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:36,918
{\an8}I felt always that
I needed to be at my 100%
549
00:30:36,919 --> 00:30:38,920
{\an8}playing so well
to have real chances.
550
00:30:38,921 --> 00:30:40,547
[announcer]
Game, Djokovic.
551
00:30:40,548 --> 00:30:43,634
[Rafael] A lot of times
it will not be enough.
552
00:30:46,262 --> 00:30:48,388
[commentator speaking English]
This is a masterclass
553
00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:50,224
from Novak Djokovic.
554
00:30:51,225 --> 00:30:55,479
Very seldom do you see
Nadal so outmaneuvered.
555
00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,566
[commentator] He's done it!
556
00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:01,402
[announcer]
Game, set, match, Djokovic.
557
00:31:02,611 --> 00:31:07,532
[commentator] The tennis
was of the very highest order.
558
00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:09,951
Perhaps, that's
what he needed to do
559
00:31:09,952 --> 00:31:11,787
to be able to beat Nadal.
560
00:31:13,247 --> 00:31:15,207
[Pat]
He had some great matches.
561
00:31:16,709 --> 00:31:19,211
But he was also
a little bit fragile.
562
00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:25,342
[commentator] Well, he's slumped
in the chair, Djokovic.
563
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,763
You know, like the MO
on Novak was,
564
00:31:30,764 --> 00:31:33,474
oh, if it's hot
or if it's a long match,
565
00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:34,852
he could wilt.
566
00:31:35,144 --> 00:31:36,978
[commentator] Well, I think
what's happening, boys, here,
567
00:31:36,979 --> 00:31:38,396
is that Novak wants to go
568
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:40,440
to the-- to the toilets
to throw up.
569
00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:42,734
He's taking a medical
because he's feeling unwell,
570
00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:44,403
so he needs to throw up.
571
00:31:47,865 --> 00:31:50,074
{\an8}[Chris] Bathroom breaks,
medical breaks.
572
00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:52,285
[announcer] Ladies and
gentlemen, Mr. Djokovic
573
00:31:52,286 --> 00:31:53,996
is now receiving
a medical timeout.
574
00:31:55,873 --> 00:31:57,749
{\an8}[Chris] Frankly, Novak,
first couple years,
575
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,710
was viewed as somebody
who engaged in gamesmanship.
576
00:32:00,711 --> 00:32:02,713
[scattered applause]
577
00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:08,344
{\an8}The other players didn't like
his way of going about it.
578
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:13,014
[reporter] When asked
about his injuries today,
579
00:32:13,015 --> 00:32:14,932
{\an8}you know,
mentioning the right ankle
580
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,684
{\an8}as opposed to the left ankle
the other day.
581
00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,686
{\an8}- Yeah, no, both of 'em?
- Yeah, both of 'em.
582
00:32:18,687 --> 00:32:20,146
{\an8}Yeah, and a back?
583
00:32:20,147 --> 00:32:21,606
{\an8}- [reporter] And the back.
- And a hip.
584
00:32:21,607 --> 00:32:23,441
{\an8}And what-- when he said
there are too many to count.
585
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,902
{\an8}- And a cramp.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
586
00:32:25,903 --> 00:32:27,862
{\an8}Do you get the sense
right now that he is--
587
00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:30,365
{\an8}- Bird flu.
- Yeah, a lot of things.
588
00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,492
{\an8}- Yeah. Yeah.
- Beijing Hangover. Yeah.
589
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:34,035
{\an8}[reporter] I mean, he's got
a pretty long list
590
00:32:34,036 --> 00:32:35,870
{\an8}- of ailments.
- Anthrax.
591
00:32:35,871 --> 00:32:37,372
{\an8}SARS.
592
00:32:37,373 --> 00:32:39,207
[interviewer] You know, you--
this crowd loves you.
593
00:32:39,208 --> 00:32:41,668
You could turn 'em
against you real fast, you know.
594
00:32:41,669 --> 00:32:43,378
Well, I know they're already
against me
595
00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:46,090
because they think I'm faking
everything, so, sorry.
596
00:32:47,257 --> 00:32:49,175
His stamina wasn't the best.
[chuckles]
597
00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:51,678
So, he was very
frustrated about it,
598
00:32:51,679 --> 00:32:53,972
and he was trying to figure out
how to resolve that.
599
00:33:02,231 --> 00:33:03,523
- [grunting]
- Yeah!
600
00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:04,983
- [announcer indistinct]
- [cheering and applause]
601
00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:09,654
[Novak]
In 2010, I lost
602
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:12,533
in the quarters of French Open.
603
00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:19,372
I went to my coach's hotel room
and I broke down in tears
604
00:33:19,373 --> 00:33:22,167
and I said, I don't know
if I have what it takes.
605
00:33:25,462 --> 00:33:28,798
I dreamed and I planned
always to be number one,
606
00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:30,509
to win multiple Slams.
607
00:33:34,263 --> 00:33:36,556
But I could not
solve the riddle
608
00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:38,099
of Federer, Nadal
on a big stage.
609
00:33:38,100 --> 00:33:40,143
I was just losing to these guys
610
00:33:40,144 --> 00:33:41,603
most of the matches
that we played.
611
00:33:42,563 --> 00:33:44,773
A lot of things had to be fixed.
612
00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:49,193
[Gebhard Gritsch] I mean,
at that time he was quite young
613
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:52,322
and he was really mature
for his age.
614
00:33:53,490 --> 00:33:56,117
One of the first things
he said,
615
00:33:56,118 --> 00:33:58,035
{\an8}"You work on my fitness,
616
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:01,914
{\an8}"but I want to be
absolutely okay
617
00:34:01,915 --> 00:34:03,667
{\an8}and fit when I'm 40 years old."
618
00:34:05,794 --> 00:34:09,380
When I met him, I realized that
I never met someone like him.
619
00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,382
Never ever.
620
00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:16,137
All different aspects
of his health,
621
00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:18,098
he was trying to fine-tune.
622
00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:20,517
[grunting]
623
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,771
[Novak] I made some corrections
in the way I train,
624
00:34:24,772 --> 00:34:28,024
the way I think,
the way I eat,
625
00:34:28,025 --> 00:34:30,152
sleep, recover, hydrate.
626
00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,279
It all added up.
627
00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:35,072
[Pat] To me,
the most fascinating part
628
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,452
{\an8}was to see him continue
to develop his game.
629
00:34:39,828 --> 00:34:42,789
{\an8}His serve got better.
His net game got better.
630
00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:45,709
{\an8}His ability to accelerate
the forehand got better.
631
00:34:47,336 --> 00:34:50,964
Every obstacle that came
his way, it got him stronger.
632
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,927
The kid who wilted became
the guy with the iron will.
633
00:34:55,928 --> 00:34:57,930
- [grunting]
- [ball thwacking]
634
00:35:00,974 --> 00:35:02,976
[cheering and applause]
635
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:09,565
[Boris Becker] It was the Rafa
and Roger show.
636
00:35:09,566 --> 00:35:12,194
And then, you had this younger
player from Serbia...
637
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,196
{\an8}bothering them,
starting to beat them,
638
00:35:15,197 --> 00:35:16,615
{\an8}starting to win the majors.
639
00:35:17,991 --> 00:35:20,536
And that was surprising
to many people.
640
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,497
Including myself.
641
00:35:24,957 --> 00:35:27,124
[Novak] I kind of broke
into this rivalry
642
00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,336
saying that I feel like there
is room for another one.
643
00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:31,629
[laughing]
644
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,798
You know,
table for three, please.
645
00:35:33,799 --> 00:35:36,134
[Howard Bryant]
He had one major in 2010.
646
00:35:37,219 --> 00:35:39,054
So, it wasn't like
he wasn't a good player.
647
00:35:43,183 --> 00:35:45,434
{\an8}- [cheering and applause]
- [announcer indistinct]
648
00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:47,478
{\an8}[commentator]
For the second time,
649
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:50,147
{\an8}Novak Djokovic
ascends the mountain
650
00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,192
and reaches the summit
in Melbourne.
651
00:35:54,319 --> 00:35:55,946
[grunting]
652
00:35:56,989 --> 00:36:00,199
{\an8}[commentator] There's a new
champion at Wimbledon!
653
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,327
{\an8}-Novak Djokovic!
- [cheering and applause]
654
00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,704
[Novak]
Since I was 10 years old,
655
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:07,040
I dreamed always
to win Wimbledon.
656
00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:11,586
Being able to share the joy,
657
00:36:11,587 --> 00:36:13,254
it was the childhood dream.
658
00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:14,923
{\an8}[Jelena Gencic indistinct]
659
00:36:17,718 --> 00:36:20,803
[speaking English]
I must see this trophy.
660
00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:22,806
[both laughing]
661
00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:27,269
It's a long time
we worked together.
662
00:36:28,645 --> 00:36:30,938
[Novak]
I always wanted to do this.
663
00:36:30,939 --> 00:36:33,983
- Her trophies, and--
- And your trophy.
664
00:36:33,984 --> 00:36:36,193
But not any trophy.
665
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:39,281
[laughing] The one.
The one is here.
666
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:42,868
[Howard] After that first
Wimbledon championship...
667
00:36:43,994 --> 00:36:46,120
he realized
that he had another gear.
668
00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,123
{\an8}[crowd cheering]
669
00:36:52,878 --> 00:36:54,295
{\an8}[Matthew]
I know exactly the moment,
670
00:36:54,296 --> 00:36:55,422
{\an8}I know exactly the point.
671
00:36:56,965 --> 00:36:58,842
It was in the semifinals
of the US Open.
672
00:37:00,177 --> 00:37:02,846
{\an8}Roger Federer is serving
for the match.
673
00:37:03,931 --> 00:37:05,806
{\an8}[Marian Vajda]
Novak, his strength
674
00:37:05,807 --> 00:37:07,975
{\an8}is mental strength.
675
00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:11,355
{\an8}He can really sustain
most of the pressure...
676
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:13,981
{\an8}at the most important moment.
677
00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:17,235
{\an8}[suspenseful music playing]
678
00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:22,156
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
679
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,326
{\an8}Djokovic hit an outrageous
cross-court return.
680
00:37:25,327 --> 00:37:28,330
{\an8}[commentator]
That was gorgeous!
681
00:37:30,332 --> 00:37:32,709
{\an8}[Howard] The shot
that we all talk about...
682
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:37,338
{\an8}means nothing if Roger
wins the next point.
683
00:37:37,339 --> 00:37:39,256
{\an8}It's 40-15.
684
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:42,677
{\an8}5-3, 5th set, 40-15.
685
00:37:42,678 --> 00:37:45,137
So, not only does Novak
make the shot,
686
00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:47,140
Roger doesn't win another game.
687
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:51,186
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
688
00:37:57,067 --> 00:37:58,567
Here's Novak Djokovic,
689
00:37:58,568 --> 00:38:01,822
the guy who's not tough enough
to finish a match.
690
00:38:02,698 --> 00:38:04,324
And then suddenly,
he's at the top.
691
00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:06,827
This changes everything.
692
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,539
[Matthew]
In some ways you would think,
693
00:38:11,540 --> 00:38:14,208
oh, that's amazing
for the sport.
694
00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:17,837
{\an8}They have three headliners
going into a tournament.
695
00:38:17,838 --> 00:38:20,715
But for a number
of different reasons,
696
00:38:20,716 --> 00:38:22,926
uh, it's not quite
accepted that way.
697
00:38:25,303 --> 00:38:27,930
And Novak is kind of looked at
698
00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:30,517
as a party crasher.
699
00:38:37,441 --> 00:38:39,108
[crowd roaring]
700
00:38:39,109 --> 00:38:42,154
[commentator] It's Djokovic
who claims this classic!
701
00:38:43,697 --> 00:38:45,614
6-4 in the fifth.
702
00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:47,742
[Matthew] He's the one
coming in to mess up
703
00:38:47,743 --> 00:38:51,079
this perfect buddy flick
that tennis has become.
704
00:38:52,122 --> 00:38:54,915
[Howard] But once he becomes
a great player at their level,
705
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:57,209
once he's in 2015, 2016, 2017,
706
00:38:57,210 --> 00:38:59,003
it's now a three-person race
707
00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:01,423
{\an8}to 30 majors, or whatever
that number was gonna be.
708
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,176
[commentator]
Djokovic wins again!
709
00:39:05,177 --> 00:39:06,844
[cheering and applause]
710
00:39:06,845 --> 00:39:09,305
[Howard]
Novak's goal is to win titles.
711
00:39:09,306 --> 00:39:12,641
{\an8}He's not just here,
he's winning, he's winning fast.
712
00:39:12,642 --> 00:39:15,352
{\an8}Novak's goal is to pass Roger.
713
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,522
- [crowd shouting]
- And he does.
714
00:39:19,274 --> 00:39:22,526
But Roger set a new standard
for the men.
715
00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:26,280
How does a champion
carry themselves?
716
00:39:26,281 --> 00:39:29,950
You had to walk around and not
have a speck of dust on you.
717
00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:31,703
You weren't allowed
to have a temper.
718
00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:36,832
And Novak is a volcano.
719
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:38,667
[grunting]
720
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,544
[announcer]
Jeu, Nadal.
721
00:39:40,545 --> 00:39:42,297
[cheering and applause]
722
00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:45,884
[crowd jeering]
723
00:39:48,845 --> 00:39:50,262
[announcer speaking English]
Unsportsmanlike conduct.
724
00:39:50,263 --> 00:39:52,099
Warning, Mr. Djokovic.
725
00:39:52,808 --> 00:39:55,309
[Matthew] Rafa is not somebody
who breaks rackets.
726
00:39:55,310 --> 00:39:59,063
He's composed, he sort of keeps
his feelings inside.
727
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:01,399
But with Novak,
you're gonna hear about it.
728
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:03,819
[crowd gasping]
729
00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:07,364
[crowd roaring]
730
00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:10,991
[commentator] Whoa!
731
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:12,827
[speaking English]
The racket has been melted.
732
00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:16,038
- [crowd booing]
- [Novak shouting indistinctly]
733
00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:17,498
[Goran Ivanisevic]
It's so much tension,
734
00:40:17,499 --> 00:40:19,125
so much emotions.
735
00:40:19,126 --> 00:40:20,501
He wants to win.
736
00:40:20,502 --> 00:40:22,586
{\an8}And in the end,
737
00:40:22,587 --> 00:40:24,339
{\an8}he can yell and scream,
I don't care.
738
00:40:25,173 --> 00:40:27,175
Do whatever you want,
just win the match.
739
00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:33,806
{\an8}[reporter] What's it been like
to be something of a bad guy
740
00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:36,726
{\an8}chasing after Roger and Rafa
all these years?
741
00:40:38,395 --> 00:40:40,938
{\an8}I don't consider myself
a bad guy,
742
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:42,523
{\an8}but I mean, it's your opinion.
743
00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:45,109
{\an8}But, uh, I'm not
chasing anybody.
744
00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:49,155
{\an8}I'm making my own path
and my own journey,
745
00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:51,867
{\an8}and, you know,
my own histories.
746
00:40:52,868 --> 00:40:55,244
Tennis is still a place
where I-- I feel
747
00:40:55,245 --> 00:40:57,872
probably most comfortable,
to be honest with you.
748
00:40:57,873 --> 00:41:00,416
Tennis court
was a sanctuary for me.
749
00:41:00,417 --> 00:41:03,502
Because a lot of the things
that we are feeling today
750
00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:06,463
are very much connected
to the traumas
751
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,593
that we experienced
when we were kids.
752
00:41:11,887 --> 00:41:13,804
{\an8}Particularly those years
where, you know,
753
00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:16,182
{\an8}there were problems everywhere.
754
00:41:16,183 --> 00:41:18,602
{\an8}Maturing very quickly.
755
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:23,565
{\an8}I had to be kind of a parent
at 13 years old.
756
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,736
I wasn't able anymore
to express my feelings,
757
00:41:28,737 --> 00:41:31,739
and I was a kid, I mean...
[chuckles]
758
00:41:31,740 --> 00:41:35,242
You know, I should be
expressing everything,
759
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:38,454
you know, the joy,
the fear, the frustration,
760
00:41:38,455 --> 00:41:40,414
the anger, the... anything.
761
00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,334
But I was...
[pushing air]
762
00:41:43,335 --> 00:41:45,044
{\an8}[commentator] And it's all
become a bit too much
763
00:41:45,045 --> 00:41:46,545
{\an8}for Djokovic to handle.
764
00:41:46,546 --> 00:41:48,380
{\an8}He's furious.
765
00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:51,217
{\an8}[Novak]
The court was a place
766
00:41:51,218 --> 00:41:53,803
where I could really get
all of these things out.
767
00:41:55,138 --> 00:41:58,349
But I do understand why,
you know,
768
00:41:58,350 --> 00:42:01,685
people didn't really like me,
769
00:42:01,686 --> 00:42:04,021
uh, or maybe
still don't like me.
770
00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:06,024
[ball thwacking]
771
00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:09,568
[Andre]
When I coached him,
772
00:42:09,569 --> 00:42:13,698
I really lifted up the hood
of what makes him tick.
773
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,993
{\an8}He wants to be kind.
774
00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:20,704
{\an8}He wants to care.
775
00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:24,750
He wants to be open.
He wants to receive.
776
00:42:24,751 --> 00:42:26,461
But he can't win...
777
00:42:27,462 --> 00:42:31,173
when he allows his heart
to go there.
778
00:42:31,174 --> 00:42:33,176
[♪ St. Vincent
sings "Broken Man"]
779
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:38,264
I was surprised how dark
he needed to feel
780
00:42:38,265 --> 00:42:40,599
to get the most out of himself.
781
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:44,478
♪ On the street,
I'm a king-sized killer ♪
782
00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,897
- ♪ I can make your...
- [crowd booing]
783
00:42:46,898 --> 00:42:48,607
[Andre]
For Novak to do his job,
784
00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:50,818
he needed fear or anger,
785
00:42:50,819 --> 00:42:54,822
{\an8}because with love
or appreciation,
786
00:42:54,823 --> 00:42:56,907
{\an8}-he lost his fangs.
- [crowd booing]
787
00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:59,327
{\an8}♪ What are you looking at? ♪
788
00:43:00,328 --> 00:43:03,331
♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪
789
00:43:04,374 --> 00:43:08,043
That's definitely a factor
that motivates me, yeah.
790
00:43:08,044 --> 00:43:10,546
[commentator] Oh-ho,
look at him, look at him!
791
00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:13,173
If the the crowd starts
going against me,
792
00:43:13,174 --> 00:43:17,052
I do use that to awaken
that warrior inside of me.
793
00:43:17,053 --> 00:43:19,763
[crowd booing]
794
00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:20,849
It's called inat.
795
00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:27,396
♪ Lover, nail yourself
right to me ♪
796
00:43:27,397 --> 00:43:29,106
♪ If you go...
797
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:31,317
[Jelena]
It's embedded in our culture.
798
00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:35,404
We have this stubbornness
in spite of whatever people say.
799
00:43:35,405 --> 00:43:39,408
So, in spite of crowds
cheering against him,
800
00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:41,285
he showed up
with his best game
801
00:43:41,286 --> 00:43:42,871
and still managed to win.
802
00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:45,789
[Novak] And to all those people
that have chosen
803
00:43:45,790 --> 00:43:47,291
to disrespect me,
804
00:43:47,292 --> 00:43:50,044
have a goooood night.
805
00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:51,296
[laughter]
806
00:43:52,339 --> 00:43:54,382
♪ Like what are you
looking at? ♪
807
00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,303
♪ Well, who the hell
do you think I am ♪
808
00:44:04,726 --> 00:44:06,769
When you look
at Novak Djokovic,
809
00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:09,063
you can see when the fans
are booing him,
810
00:44:09,064 --> 00:44:11,148
when they're giving him
that feeling
811
00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:12,900
of being the villain,
812
00:44:12,901 --> 00:44:15,652
even though he's the champion,
which we don't do to champions.
813
00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:17,614
We don't make champions
villains very often.
814
00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:22,409
His response
is to kick everybody's ass.
815
00:44:22,410 --> 00:44:25,872
♪ I stopped cracking up ♪
816
00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:37,425
♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪
817
00:44:42,305 --> 00:44:44,264
{\an8}Novak plays best
in a slight state of agitation.
818
00:44:44,265 --> 00:44:46,475
[shouting indistinctly]
819
00:44:46,476 --> 00:44:48,310
So, there might be one fan
820
00:44:48,311 --> 00:44:50,020
who says something
that he doesn't like,
821
00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:53,107
and he will make a point
to win the match.
822
00:44:53,108 --> 00:44:55,776
And instead of turning
to his team and celebrating,
823
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:59,030
turn and point at the agitators
in the stands.
824
00:45:00,698 --> 00:45:02,366
♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪
825
00:45:02,367 --> 00:45:04,451
♪ Nail yourself right to me ♪
826
00:45:04,452 --> 00:45:06,578
♪ Like you've never seen
a broken man ♪
827
00:45:06,579 --> 00:45:08,872
♪ I won't be well ♪
828
00:45:08,873 --> 00:45:11,417
♪ Who the hell
do you think I am? ♪
829
00:45:11,418 --> 00:45:13,377
♪ My arms wide open ♪
830
00:45:13,378 --> 00:45:15,212
♪ Like you've never seen
a broken man ♪
831
00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:18,173
♪ I need you
to drive the nail ♪
832
00:45:18,174 --> 00:45:22,052
♪ What are you looking at?
What are you looking at? ♪
833
00:45:22,053 --> 00:45:23,972
♪ What are you looking at? ♪
834
00:45:25,598 --> 00:45:28,517
♪ Hey, what are you
looking at? ♪
835
00:45:28,518 --> 00:45:32,688
♪ What are you looking at?
What are you looking at? ♪
836
00:45:32,689 --> 00:45:35,357
{\an8}[commentator]
Twenty-four and counting.
837
00:45:35,358 --> 00:45:37,986
{\an8}Twenty-four,
and he still wants more.
838
00:45:39,446 --> 00:45:40,697
{\an8}♪ Hey ♪
839
00:45:51,916 --> 00:45:55,044
[violin music playing]
840
00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:57,838
[announcer 1]
Tennis and the draw
841
00:45:57,839 --> 00:45:59,089
for the Australian Open
has been made...
842
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:00,716
[announcer 2]
Djokovic will have to beat
843
00:46:00,717 --> 00:46:02,968
not only Carlos Alcaraz
in the quarterfinals,
844
00:46:02,969 --> 00:46:04,803
but the number-two seed
Alexander Zverev
845
00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:06,847
in the semifinals,
and then Jannik Sinner,
846
00:46:06,848 --> 00:46:08,683
the one seed in the finals...
847
00:46:11,686 --> 00:46:14,605
[Novak] I think in any sport,
while you're on the top,
848
00:46:14,606 --> 00:46:17,357
when you manage to reach
all your dreams,
849
00:46:17,358 --> 00:46:20,486
how do you expand your ability
850
00:46:20,487 --> 00:46:24,573
to master all of the obstacles
851
00:46:24,574 --> 00:46:27,327
and challenges that you
have to face every day.
852
00:46:31,372 --> 00:46:32,789
[speaking English]
First of all, we're doing
853
00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:34,124
fun facts about the players.
854
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:35,751
In your case,
I would like to say
855
00:46:35,752 --> 00:46:38,086
Novak Djokovic
speaks seven languages.
856
00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:40,797
Novak Djokovic speaks
seven languages.
857
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,591
Oh, sorry, you gotta
walk with me.
858
00:46:42,592 --> 00:46:44,594
[laughter]
859
00:46:47,514 --> 00:46:49,264
All the demands,
all the requirements,
860
00:46:49,265 --> 00:46:51,141
all the people,
the media, everything,
861
00:46:51,142 --> 00:46:53,353
all the pressures
and expectations.
862
00:46:55,396 --> 00:46:57,147
[Andre]
The times I've been around him,
863
00:46:57,148 --> 00:46:59,233
it's hard to get him
anywhere on time,
864
00:46:59,234 --> 00:47:03,655
because he always
has time for anybody.
865
00:47:05,782 --> 00:47:07,658
[Novak speaking French]
Would you like a photo?
866
00:47:07,659 --> 00:47:09,786
Camera. Mm-hmm.
867
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:15,874
[Andre] He cares,
he listens, he processes.
868
00:47:15,875 --> 00:47:17,543
He's interested.
869
00:47:17,544 --> 00:47:19,503
[cameras clicking]
870
00:47:19,504 --> 00:47:21,171
[Novak] All the things that
go through your mind
871
00:47:21,172 --> 00:47:22,381
on a daily basis,
872
00:47:22,382 --> 00:47:23,924
how do you
maintain the private
873
00:47:23,925 --> 00:47:25,677
versus professional
life balance?
874
00:47:27,053 --> 00:47:28,471
[interviewer]
Can you juggle for me, Novak?
875
00:47:30,431 --> 00:47:31,974
You have kids,
you have your wife,
876
00:47:31,975 --> 00:47:34,142
you have siblings,
you have your parents.
877
00:47:34,143 --> 00:47:35,644
[speaking English]
You're getting close to the age
878
00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:36,937
where you need to lie about your
age for different reasons.
879
00:47:36,938 --> 00:47:38,021
[laughter]
880
00:47:38,022 --> 00:47:40,149
They have expectations from you.
881
00:47:40,984 --> 00:47:42,818
[speaking English] Blessings
to the people of India.
882
00:47:42,819 --> 00:47:44,653
[Novak] They, of course,
support you, love you,
883
00:47:44,654 --> 00:47:46,446
but they're your closest people
in your life,
884
00:47:46,447 --> 00:47:50,242
so you have to be there,
available to them, for them.
885
00:47:50,243 --> 00:47:51,994
- [person] Thank you, Mark.
- [Novak] Have a nice day.
886
00:47:51,995 --> 00:47:54,162
Thank you. Bye-bye.
887
00:47:54,163 --> 00:47:55,789
So, I'm kind of in between,
888
00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:58,209
many times feeling
torn apart emotionally.
889
00:48:03,715 --> 00:48:06,718
[Novak speaking Serbian]
890
00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:17,185
- [speaking Serbian]
- [Jelena] He definitely has
891
00:48:17,186 --> 00:48:19,187
mixed feelings about
his retirement.
892
00:48:19,188 --> 00:48:20,897
One side of him is excited
893
00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:23,483
because there's so much
to do in this world.
894
00:48:23,484 --> 00:48:25,444
And then, there's like,
895
00:48:25,445 --> 00:48:27,613
"Hey, but I love
what I've achieved.
896
00:48:27,614 --> 00:48:30,907
"I feel like I can push longer.
Should I?
897
00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:33,870
Because this might not be
the best thing for my family."
898
00:48:34,996 --> 00:48:37,205
Now, I'm enabling him
899
00:48:37,206 --> 00:48:39,750
with having us around.
900
00:48:39,751 --> 00:48:43,170
Like, I'm trying to balance it,
but he will find his way out.
901
00:48:43,171 --> 00:48:45,672
I don't want to be the one
telling him how.
902
00:48:45,673 --> 00:48:48,426
Mm-mm.
That's not gonna be on me.
903
00:48:52,347 --> 00:48:55,432
[Andre] I don't know when
the end will come for Novak,
904
00:48:55,433 --> 00:48:58,560
but the one thing I can say
is that the end,
905
00:48:58,561 --> 00:49:01,105
when it does come,
always comes fast.
906
00:49:03,232 --> 00:49:06,777
I would hope for him
that he doesn't wait too long,
907
00:49:06,778 --> 00:49:08,613
not because
he can't win anymore.
908
00:49:09,447 --> 00:49:12,825
But because tennis
takes your childhood.
909
00:49:13,785 --> 00:49:17,746
But then, it gives you a chance
to be done with your success
910
00:49:17,747 --> 00:49:19,873
so that you can
raise your children
911
00:49:19,874 --> 00:49:22,377
without the preoccupations.
912
00:49:24,504 --> 00:49:26,089
Drop shot, ah!
913
00:49:28,341 --> 00:49:31,135
- [Novak vocalizing]
- [Stefan indistinct]
914
00:49:33,179 --> 00:49:34,971
[speaking Serbian]
915
00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,517
[Jelena] I think he's
the happiest with our kids.
916
00:49:38,768 --> 00:49:40,894
He just enjoys being a father,
917
00:49:40,895 --> 00:49:43,480
and when he's
in a father's role,
918
00:49:43,481 --> 00:49:44,982
he's very playful.
919
00:49:46,693 --> 00:49:48,695
[Novak speaking Serbian]
920
00:49:49,862 --> 00:49:51,947
[both grunting]
921
00:49:51,948 --> 00:49:56,451
[Jelena] Our son Stefan awakens
the child in him on the court.
922
00:49:56,452 --> 00:49:59,080
[Novak speaking Serbian]
923
00:50:00,415 --> 00:50:02,165
But also, he has a daughter.
924
00:50:02,166 --> 00:50:03,750
[cheering and applause]
925
00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:06,713
[commentators speaking English]
The violin is for his daughter.
926
00:50:07,547 --> 00:50:09,047
Why are people booing?
927
00:50:09,048 --> 00:50:10,758
I have no idea.
928
00:50:11,426 --> 00:50:14,094
Because they think that he is
making fun of them,
929
00:50:14,095 --> 00:50:15,387
but he's not.
930
00:50:15,388 --> 00:50:17,472
When he loses,
931
00:50:17,473 --> 00:50:21,810
he's questioning
his whole identity.
932
00:50:21,811 --> 00:50:25,355
He goes to this
avoidant mode of like,
933
00:50:25,356 --> 00:50:28,400
"Leave me alone, like,
just close the door."
934
00:50:28,401 --> 00:50:32,113
And Tara, when he wants
to isolate, she doesn't let him.
935
00:50:39,203 --> 00:50:41,288
He's so in love with her
936
00:50:41,289 --> 00:50:44,541
that she has the access
that nobody does.
937
00:50:44,542 --> 00:50:46,794
And so, she turns him
back to us.
938
00:50:48,796 --> 00:50:50,047
That's Daddy's girl.
939
00:50:52,175 --> 00:50:56,219
He's living the childhood that
he never had through our kids.
940
00:50:56,220 --> 00:50:59,222
- [Tara screaming excitedly]
- [Novak laughing]
941
00:50:59,223 --> 00:51:01,850
[Jelena] We were
under sanctions, bombings.
942
00:51:01,851 --> 00:51:03,769
It scars you.
943
00:51:03,770 --> 00:51:07,314
Consistency, and love,
and care, and nurturing,
944
00:51:07,315 --> 00:51:10,400
this is what our parents didn't
have a chance to give to us.
945
00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:12,611
- [all speaking Serbian]
- [all blowing]
946
00:51:12,612 --> 00:51:13,987
Bravo.
947
00:51:13,988 --> 00:51:15,739
[Jelena]
You wanna be with your family.
948
00:51:15,740 --> 00:51:17,741
That's where your belonging is.
949
00:51:17,742 --> 00:51:20,076
But at the same time,
the love for tennis
950
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:22,746
and the passion for him
is so great and so big
951
00:51:22,747 --> 00:51:25,792
that he cannot just,
you know, not do it.
952
00:51:26,793 --> 00:51:28,043
- Ah!
- [Stefan laughs]
953
00:51:28,044 --> 00:51:29,503
Ah!
954
00:51:29,504 --> 00:51:31,838
[Novak] I consider myself
a very dedicated father.
955
00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:34,925
But considering that I am
956
00:51:34,926 --> 00:51:37,053
at the highest level
professional athlete...
957
00:51:38,012 --> 00:51:40,306
there's always a consequence.
958
00:51:45,937 --> 00:51:49,397
I do feel still some guilt
959
00:51:49,398 --> 00:51:52,776
when I leave
and when I see them cry.
960
00:51:52,777 --> 00:51:54,570
That's the hardest part.
961
00:51:58,324 --> 00:51:59,826
[Novak chuckles]
962
00:52:01,244 --> 00:52:03,496
[indistinct chatter]
963
00:52:04,622 --> 00:52:06,624
[indistinct chatter continues]
964
00:52:11,754 --> 00:52:14,047
And we have, like, this little
tradition that they always--
965
00:52:14,048 --> 00:52:16,842
when I leave for a trip,
they would take a glass of water
966
00:52:16,843 --> 00:52:18,385
and when I walk
out of the door
967
00:52:18,386 --> 00:52:19,845
they would spill
the water behind me.
968
00:52:19,846 --> 00:52:21,972
It's a tradition
in our country,
969
00:52:21,973 --> 00:52:24,808
- kind of as a good luck.
- [car horn honking]
970
00:52:24,809 --> 00:52:28,270
And so, we leave to some extent
971
00:52:28,271 --> 00:52:30,897
with smiles on our faces,
972
00:52:30,898 --> 00:52:32,692
but it's still-- still tough.
973
00:52:35,611 --> 00:52:36,946
Awesome.
974
00:52:37,989 --> 00:52:42,200
But now, my wife has been
incredible with support.
975
00:52:42,201 --> 00:52:45,453
She's trying to reduce
that feeling of guilt
976
00:52:45,454 --> 00:52:48,456
that I have
by packing the bags
977
00:52:48,457 --> 00:52:52,419
and traveling with kids
to the tournaments with me.
978
00:52:52,420 --> 00:52:56,172
Um, you know, we're trying
to balance things out
979
00:52:56,173 --> 00:52:58,842
because I don't also want
my kids to live my life.
980
00:52:58,843 --> 00:53:00,510
They need to live their life.
981
00:53:00,511 --> 00:53:01,762
There's the point.
982
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,181
Ah!
983
00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:10,688
[person clapping]
984
00:53:12,023 --> 00:53:13,190
Well done.
985
00:53:19,864 --> 00:53:20,948
[kiss smacking]
986
00:53:22,116 --> 00:53:25,119
[soft violin music playing]
987
00:53:36,923 --> 00:53:38,925
[rain pattering]
988
00:53:46,140 --> 00:53:47,433
[woman speaking English]
How do you feel?
989
00:53:48,976 --> 00:53:51,227
I feel like I wanted to sleep
a little bit more.
990
00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:53,647
[both laughing]
991
00:53:53,648 --> 00:53:57,525
Actually, my kids, they haven't
overcome the jet lag.
992
00:53:57,526 --> 00:53:59,111
- Mm-hmm.
- So, they stayed...
993
00:53:59,946 --> 00:54:03,406
you know, up late
and late, uh, wake up,
994
00:54:03,407 --> 00:54:06,368
so I kind of followed
that rhythm.
995
00:54:06,369 --> 00:54:08,119
And... [chuckles]
996
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:10,705
...it's not working
really well for today.
997
00:54:10,706 --> 00:54:12,123
But it's good, it's okay.
998
00:54:12,124 --> 00:54:15,669
I'm, uh,
you know, I think, um,
999
00:54:15,670 --> 00:54:19,798
if I look back
in my 20-year Grand Slam career
1000
00:54:19,799 --> 00:54:23,218
and-- and see where I played
my best tennis,
1001
00:54:23,219 --> 00:54:26,888
where I achieved my biggest
Grand Slam results,
1002
00:54:26,889 --> 00:54:29,057
where I felt the best overall
1003
00:54:29,058 --> 00:54:32,895
on and off the court, uh,
consistently, it was here.
1004
00:54:34,897 --> 00:54:38,441
But I had a--
a negative experience
1005
00:54:38,442 --> 00:54:39,568
a few years back.
1006
00:54:40,611 --> 00:54:44,698
And I-- I still feel
a slight bitterness
1007
00:54:44,699 --> 00:54:47,535
that most of the people
don't understand what happened.
1008
00:54:53,165 --> 00:54:55,125
[Steve Weissman] The biggest
story in tennis right now
1009
00:54:55,126 --> 00:54:58,044
{\an8}surrounding world number one,
Novak Djokovic.
1010
00:54:58,045 --> 00:54:59,921
{\an8}His visa has been denied
1011
00:54:59,922 --> 00:55:03,091
{\an8}and he is expected
to be leaving Australia.
1012
00:55:03,092 --> 00:55:05,218
{\an8}We do not know if he will
be able to compete
1013
00:55:05,219 --> 00:55:06,720
{\an8}in the Australian Open
this year.
1014
00:55:06,721 --> 00:55:09,431
99% of people don't know
what actually happened
1015
00:55:09,432 --> 00:55:11,434
and they don't have--
they think that I was...
1016
00:55:12,435 --> 00:55:15,603
deported from Australia
because I was not vaccinated.
1017
00:55:15,604 --> 00:55:17,606
And that's not true.
1018
00:55:20,735 --> 00:55:23,069
In order to travel
to Australia,
1019
00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:25,572
you either had to be vaccinated,
1020
00:55:25,573 --> 00:55:29,325
or if you were not vaccinated,
you had to give evidence
1021
00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:31,578
that you had corona
1022
00:55:31,579 --> 00:55:34,540
in the previous six months.
1023
00:55:35,624 --> 00:55:37,542
I was not vaccinated,
1024
00:55:37,543 --> 00:55:40,879
but I had corona twice
in the six months,
1025
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,506
so I was eligible.
1026
00:55:45,718 --> 00:55:47,803
So, I've got
the special exemption.
1027
00:55:50,139 --> 00:55:53,892
I told my wife,
I want to post that
1028
00:55:53,893 --> 00:55:55,268
on my Instagram
1029
00:55:55,269 --> 00:55:56,270
before I leave.
1030
00:55:57,021 --> 00:55:59,773
And she said,
"There's no reason to post that.
1031
00:55:59,774 --> 00:56:02,776
"You can just post
that you're, you know,
1032
00:56:02,777 --> 00:56:05,695
"departing to Australia
and you're excited to go there.
1033
00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:07,238
And that's it."
1034
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:08,574
And I said...
[clicking tongue]
1035
00:56:10,576 --> 00:56:13,453
So, we wrote the caption,
1036
00:56:13,454 --> 00:56:16,122
and then I added
that last sentence.
1037
00:56:16,123 --> 00:56:18,583
So, we were debating
the night before.
1038
00:56:18,584 --> 00:56:20,210
She said, "Don't add
that last sentence."
1039
00:56:20,211 --> 00:56:23,004
I said, "I need to add
this last sentence."
1040
00:56:23,005 --> 00:56:26,342
Another reason why you should
listen to your wife's instinct.
1041
00:56:29,178 --> 00:56:33,848
He really insisted
on saying out loud
1042
00:56:33,849 --> 00:56:35,559
that he wasn't vaccinated...
1043
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,604
which I-- I just
didn't agree with it.
1044
00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:42,232
I said, "Look, it's your choice.
1045
00:56:42,233 --> 00:56:45,693
"Please, like,
don't elaborate on it
1046
00:56:45,694 --> 00:56:48,029
because there are other people
thinking differently."
1047
00:56:48,030 --> 00:56:51,950
And from the moment
he posted on Instagram,
1048
00:56:51,951 --> 00:56:54,620
pff, the hell opened.
1049
00:56:56,038 --> 00:56:58,623
[Matthew] Victoria, which is
where Melbourne is,
1050
00:56:58,624 --> 00:57:01,751
had been subject to harder
and longer lockdowns
1051
00:57:01,752 --> 00:57:06,132
than just about
anywhere in the world.
1052
00:57:08,968 --> 00:57:13,180
It's a really long plane ride
from where he was.
1053
00:57:14,723 --> 00:57:17,267
And in that time,
1054
00:57:17,268 --> 00:57:22,021
that post goes
all across the world.
1055
00:57:22,022 --> 00:57:24,357
By the time his plane lands,
1056
00:57:24,358 --> 00:57:28,154
the whole country is basically
in something of a tizzy.
1057
00:57:32,491 --> 00:57:34,784
I arrive, passport control.
1058
00:57:34,785 --> 00:57:36,619
I already see
a couple of the officers
1059
00:57:36,620 --> 00:57:39,205
coming from the immigration zone
looking at me.
1060
00:57:39,206 --> 00:57:42,125
I'm starting to feel
something isn't right.
1061
00:57:42,126 --> 00:57:44,961
They ask me
to come with them.
1062
00:57:44,962 --> 00:57:46,504
I don't get a stamp.
1063
00:57:46,505 --> 00:57:48,840
I go into that immigration zone
1064
00:57:48,841 --> 00:57:52,093
and I stay there
from 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m.
1065
00:57:52,094 --> 00:57:56,389
From that moment,
I'm getting the message, like,
1066
00:57:56,390 --> 00:57:58,558
"I'm at the airport,
they're keeping me.
1067
00:57:58,559 --> 00:58:00,518
Not sure what's happening."
1068
00:58:00,519 --> 00:58:02,812
And it's like, I'm like,
what-- what do you mean?
1069
00:58:02,813 --> 00:58:04,189
Like, "They're taking
away my phone.
1070
00:58:04,190 --> 00:58:05,733
Sorry, I will--"
you know, I'm like...
1071
00:58:06,859 --> 00:58:09,027
Novak Djokovic
has been detained in Australia
1072
00:58:09,028 --> 00:58:10,987
ahead of a court hearing
that will determine
1073
00:58:10,988 --> 00:58:13,656
whether the tennis star
can stay in the country.
1074
00:58:13,657 --> 00:58:16,034
There was a perception,
rightly or wrongly,
1075
00:58:16,035 --> 00:58:17,660
{\an8}that he'd been given
favorable treatment,
1076
00:58:17,661 --> 00:58:19,621
{\an8}that he was being
given an opportunity
1077
00:58:19,622 --> 00:58:21,414
{\an8}to enter the country
under conditions
1078
00:58:21,415 --> 00:58:22,957
{\an8}where other people
weren't given that chance.
1079
00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:25,461
He became a villain.
He became a target.
1080
00:58:31,300 --> 00:58:32,675
[Jelena]
He said it out loud.
1081
00:58:32,676 --> 00:58:35,428
If he did not say it out loud,
1082
00:58:35,429 --> 00:58:36,554
if he didn't brag about it--
1083
00:58:36,555 --> 00:58:38,014
probably that's how
they took it.
1084
00:58:38,015 --> 00:58:40,308
Like, they wanted
everybody to comply.
1085
00:58:40,309 --> 00:58:43,519
The moment you have one guy who
is going against the current,
1086
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,063
that's bad for everyone.
1087
00:58:45,064 --> 00:58:49,108
{\an8}Now, what we have is a guy
who has shown a continued--
1088
00:58:49,109 --> 00:58:51,778
{\an8}and in this episode,
a continued pattern
1089
00:58:51,779 --> 00:58:55,990
{\an8}of evasions of the truth
and contempt for the rules
1090
00:58:55,991 --> 00:58:59,077
{\an8}that apply to everyone else.
1091
00:58:59,078 --> 00:59:04,332
{\an8}He is a pampered,
entitled, uh, sports star
1092
00:59:04,333 --> 00:59:06,460
{\an8}who thinks he can game
the system.
1093
00:59:08,420 --> 00:59:10,505
{\an8}[Novak]
I was made villain
1094
00:59:10,506 --> 00:59:13,758
more than I have ever...
[laughing]
1095
00:59:13,759 --> 00:59:16,761
...been before
in the tennis circles.
1096
00:59:16,762 --> 00:59:18,596
Now, I was a villain
of the world.
1097
00:59:18,597 --> 00:59:20,723
{\an8}If Djokovic really wants
to be a winner,
1098
00:59:20,724 --> 00:59:22,725
{\an8}I would say be a winner
and send a safe message
1099
00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:25,270
{\an8}to the population
by getting vaccinated.
1100
00:59:25,271 --> 00:59:27,188
[interviewer speaking English]
Why weren't you vaccinated?
1101
00:59:27,189 --> 00:59:28,983
Because I didn't feel like
I needed it.
1102
00:59:29,942 --> 00:59:32,360
Why?
Why should I get a vaccine?
1103
00:59:32,361 --> 00:59:33,987
You know, I'm healthy.
I'm an athlete.
1104
00:59:33,988 --> 00:59:36,155
I had corona.
I have protection.
1105
00:59:36,156 --> 00:59:37,825
I'm not a threat to anybody.
1106
00:59:39,159 --> 00:59:41,452
Why should I get vaccinated?
1107
00:59:41,453 --> 00:59:43,746
It's my freedom to choose,
1108
00:59:43,747 --> 00:59:48,293
which that fundamental right
that you have
1109
00:59:48,294 --> 00:59:53,965
as a human being on this planet,
freedom to choose,
1110
00:59:53,966 --> 00:59:56,593
was taken away from a lot
of people on this planet.
1111
00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:59,220
The verdict is in.
1112
00:59:59,221 --> 01:00:03,391
Novak Djokovic is out
at the Australian Open.
1113
01:00:03,392 --> 01:00:05,601
[Scott Spits] His case was
heard at the federal court,
1114
01:00:05,602 --> 01:00:07,895
and then ultimately the federal
government's decision
1115
01:00:07,896 --> 01:00:11,566
to cancel his visa was upheld
by the federal court,
1116
01:00:11,567 --> 01:00:13,944
and he was deported
on the eve of the tournament.
1117
01:00:14,903 --> 01:00:16,404
Australia was one of
the countries
1118
01:00:16,405 --> 01:00:18,323
that had biggest lockdown.
1119
01:00:18,324 --> 01:00:20,659
They didn't want...
1120
01:00:21,994 --> 01:00:24,329
someone of a profile
like myself
1121
01:00:24,330 --> 01:00:25,997
who is known in that country,
1122
01:00:25,998 --> 01:00:28,333
and everyone knowing
that I'm not vaccinated
1123
01:00:28,334 --> 01:00:30,335
coming in their country,
playing a tournament,
1124
01:00:30,336 --> 01:00:33,046
staying for a month or whatever,
and then leaving,
1125
01:00:33,047 --> 01:00:35,840
where people from Australia
1126
01:00:35,841 --> 01:00:37,759
were not able
to come back home,
1127
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:38,926
were not allowed.
1128
01:00:38,927 --> 01:00:41,429
So, yeah, to some extent,
1129
01:00:41,430 --> 01:00:43,931
I do understand that they--
they felt that pressure.
1130
01:00:43,932 --> 01:00:45,559
But you know,
it was not my fault.
1131
01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:49,562
So later on, I find out
there is another two people--
1132
01:00:49,563 --> 01:00:51,481
one was a player,
one was a coach--
1133
01:00:51,482 --> 01:00:54,859
that entered the country based
on the same medical exemption.
1134
01:00:54,860 --> 01:00:56,361
So, it was--
it was all political.
1135
01:00:56,362 --> 01:00:58,029
It had nothing to do
with medical,
1136
01:00:58,030 --> 01:00:59,364
it has nothing to do
with anything.
1137
01:00:59,365 --> 01:01:00,449
It was just political.
1138
01:01:02,576 --> 01:01:06,537
I never said
I'm against vaccine
1139
01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:07,706
or pro-vaccine.
1140
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:11,627
Even the anti-vax movement...
1141
01:01:12,961 --> 01:01:15,755
claimed that I'm their hero,
and like, that, you know--
1142
01:01:15,756 --> 01:01:18,257
I've never associated myself
1143
01:01:18,258 --> 01:01:21,094
with any anti-vax
or pro-vax or anything.
1144
01:01:21,095 --> 01:01:23,222
I'm pro-freedom to choose...
1145
01:01:24,223 --> 01:01:27,141
what you are going to do
with the integrity of your body.
1146
01:01:27,142 --> 01:01:29,227
And by the way,
1147
01:01:29,228 --> 01:01:32,438
I missed Slams
and tournaments.
1148
01:01:32,439 --> 01:01:34,482
I didn't play in America
for a couple of years
1149
01:01:34,483 --> 01:01:36,610
because I was not vaccinated.
That's fine.
1150
01:01:37,903 --> 01:01:39,904
But in Australia,
I was allowed.
1151
01:01:39,905 --> 01:01:41,280
So, I'm not the scientist.
1152
01:01:41,281 --> 01:01:43,449
I'm not the one who is--
who is setting the rules.
1153
01:01:43,450 --> 01:01:46,911
I'm-- I'm not the one
who should debate that.
1154
01:01:46,912 --> 01:01:48,663
I stood up
for what I believe in.
1155
01:01:48,664 --> 01:01:51,624
I-- I stand for protection
of my integrity
1156
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:55,378
and what I-- what I think
is best for my body,
1157
01:01:55,379 --> 01:01:56,463
and that's it.
1158
01:02:01,552 --> 01:02:03,219
[interviewer speaking English]
How did it feel
1159
01:02:03,220 --> 01:02:04,470
to return the next year?
1160
01:02:04,471 --> 01:02:06,056
Strange at the beginning.
1161
01:02:09,768 --> 01:02:12,271
But there was
that extra significance.
1162
01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:19,319
I needed to win
this Australian Open.
1163
01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:26,410
[cheering and applause]
1164
01:02:31,081 --> 01:02:32,833
[announcer]
Game, Djokovic.
1165
01:02:34,710 --> 01:02:36,294
[grunting]
1166
01:02:36,295 --> 01:02:38,421
[Novak]
I was able to come back
1167
01:02:38,422 --> 01:02:40,590
after what happened
12 months before
1168
01:02:40,591 --> 01:02:42,759
and use that as a fuel to win.
1169
01:02:45,429 --> 01:02:46,846
[crowd roaring]
1170
01:02:46,847 --> 01:02:48,556
[announcer]
Game, set, match, Djokovic.
1171
01:02:48,557 --> 01:02:50,392
[commentator]
He's a perfect 10.
1172
01:02:52,769 --> 01:02:56,355
That's why in the end I...
[exhales sharply]
1173
01:02:56,356 --> 01:02:59,067
...in my mother's
and my brother's arms.
1174
01:03:00,235 --> 01:03:02,237
[cheering and applause]
1175
01:03:05,824 --> 01:03:09,869
[commentator] He is the best
player on the planet again.
1176
01:03:09,870 --> 01:03:11,872
[crowd continues roaring]
1177
01:03:16,460 --> 01:03:19,087
He is not just the heir
to greatness.
1178
01:03:20,088 --> 01:03:21,465
He is greatness.
1179
01:03:26,595 --> 01:03:29,598
[dramatic music playing]
1180
01:03:35,854 --> 01:03:38,105
[fan] Novak, whoo!
1181
01:03:38,106 --> 01:03:41,359
[Matthew] Djokovic winning
the Australian Open ten times,
1182
01:03:41,360 --> 01:03:45,112
absolutely outrageous
accomplishment.
1183
01:03:45,113 --> 01:03:47,782
Now, he's going
for his 25th Grand Slam,
1184
01:03:47,783 --> 01:03:49,409
trying to win it again.
1185
01:03:50,410 --> 01:03:52,703
[cheering and applause]
1186
01:03:52,704 --> 01:03:54,372
[Jim Courier] There are a lot
of question marks
1187
01:03:54,373 --> 01:03:57,041
over whether the passion
and the fury
1188
01:03:57,042 --> 01:03:59,752
that's fueled him
would be there in 2025,
1189
01:03:59,753 --> 01:04:01,712
because at times,
1190
01:04:01,713 --> 01:04:03,966
it hadn't been there
for him in 2024.
1191
01:04:06,510 --> 01:04:08,261
{\an8}[Mary] He can't even finish
the French Open
1192
01:04:08,262 --> 01:04:10,263
because he tore his meniscus.
1193
01:04:10,264 --> 01:04:13,349
He goes from the French Open
where he got hurt
1194
01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:15,142
{\an8}to grass at Wimbledon,
1195
01:04:15,143 --> 01:04:18,271
{\an8}where he'd only been out
of surgery a couple weeks,
1196
01:04:18,272 --> 01:04:21,524
{\an8}to red clay for the Olympics,
1197
01:04:21,525 --> 01:04:26,279
{\an8}to hard courts to finish off
the Grand Slam calendar.
1198
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,698
Do you know what that
does to your body?
1199
01:04:28,699 --> 01:04:30,908
He shows up
at the US Open, man.
1200
01:04:30,909 --> 01:04:32,286
He-- he had nothing left.
1201
01:04:35,789 --> 01:04:37,416
{\an8}[crowd gasps]
1202
01:04:39,042 --> 01:04:40,752
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
1203
01:04:43,589 --> 01:04:45,298
He certainly didn't finish
the season
1204
01:04:45,299 --> 01:04:47,592
with the same kind of vigor that
we're used to seeing with him,
1205
01:04:47,593 --> 01:04:49,176
and there were a lot
of question marks.
1206
01:04:49,177 --> 01:04:50,928
[reporter 1]
You're 36 years old now.
1207
01:04:50,929 --> 01:04:52,972
Does it feel like you're finally
starting to play
1208
01:04:52,973 --> 01:04:54,849
at your own age
after such an insane period?
1209
01:04:54,850 --> 01:04:55,933
[reporter 2]
Is your hope, intention
1210
01:04:55,934 --> 01:04:57,018
to be back here next year?
1211
01:04:57,019 --> 01:04:58,102
[reporter 3]
Do you have a plan on--
1212
01:04:58,103 --> 01:04:59,478
like a retirement plan?
1213
01:04:59,479 --> 01:05:00,938
Do you plan on going out...
1214
01:05:00,939 --> 01:05:02,440
[Andre]
I could see his frustration
1215
01:05:02,441 --> 01:05:05,401
in having to answer questions
about retirement.
1216
01:05:05,402 --> 01:05:09,697
But at the same time, I can also
see that being part of the fuel
1217
01:05:09,698 --> 01:05:12,951
that he might access
to continue.
1218
01:05:14,745 --> 01:05:18,331
He needs to do
what either in his mind
1219
01:05:18,332 --> 01:05:20,626
or other people's mind
is not achievable.
1220
01:05:21,835 --> 01:05:24,838
[dramatic music playing]
1221
01:05:29,509 --> 01:05:31,093
[fans chanting]
1222
01:05:31,094 --> 01:05:32,511
[commentator]
Welcome to the big time.
1223
01:05:32,512 --> 01:05:34,930
Welcome to the Australian Open,
1224
01:05:34,931 --> 01:05:38,392
and welcome to the greatest
player of his generation.
1225
01:05:38,393 --> 01:05:39,936
[announcer]
Novak Djokovic to serve.
1226
01:05:50,113 --> 01:05:52,407
- [cheering and applause]
- [announcer] Game, Djokovic.
1227
01:05:54,618 --> 01:05:57,621
[dramatic music
continues playing]
1228
01:05:59,081 --> 01:06:01,083
{\an8}[players grunting]
1229
01:06:03,877 --> 01:06:05,879
[commentator]
This is what they came to see!
1230
01:06:10,092 --> 01:06:13,095
{\an8}[dramatic music
continues playing]
1231
01:06:15,764 --> 01:06:17,557
[Novak grunting]
1232
01:06:22,896 --> 01:06:24,188
[crowd roaring]
1233
01:06:24,189 --> 01:06:26,065
[announcer] Game, set,
and match, Djokovic.
1234
01:06:26,066 --> 01:06:28,276
[commentator] Signature shot
to finish it off.
1235
01:06:39,996 --> 01:06:41,415
[crowd gasping]
1236
01:06:45,627 --> 01:06:46,711
[crowd roaring]
1237
01:06:46,712 --> 01:06:48,295
[commentator]
A showstopping rally
1238
01:06:48,296 --> 01:06:51,508
from the man who is
so difficult to beat here.
1239
01:06:52,259 --> 01:06:54,760
He is through
to the quarterfinals
1240
01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:57,389
here in Oz for a 15th time.
1241
01:07:06,481 --> 01:07:09,942
[Novak] I delivered some
good shots, good tennis.
1242
01:07:09,943 --> 01:07:12,069
Those are mental bonus points,
1243
01:07:12,070 --> 01:07:15,406
'cause I know
that my next opponent, Alcaraz,
1244
01:07:15,407 --> 01:07:18,868
for example, was watching,
for sure, my match tonight
1245
01:07:18,869 --> 01:07:22,121
and was trying to analyze
and see,
1246
01:07:22,122 --> 01:07:26,042
you know, what happens
and where he's gonna see...
1247
01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:29,128
uh, some maybe loopholes
and weaknesses
1248
01:07:29,129 --> 01:07:32,132
that he can attack and--
and expose in a few days' time.
1249
01:07:33,717 --> 01:07:35,676
[announcer]
Djokovic is gonna need
1250
01:07:35,677 --> 01:07:38,179
every last ounce of energy,
1251
01:07:38,180 --> 01:07:40,765
intensity, incredible play,
1252
01:07:40,766 --> 01:07:42,808
because Carlos Alcaraz
is coming.
1253
01:07:42,809 --> 01:07:45,144
It's the only major
he hasn't won.
1254
01:07:45,145 --> 01:07:47,188
So, you're talk about
a matchup with Novak...
1255
01:07:47,189 --> 01:07:48,564
[announcer voice fades out]
1256
01:07:48,565 --> 01:07:51,275
[Andre]
Novak, Roger,
1257
01:07:51,276 --> 01:07:53,819
and Rafa played this game
1258
01:07:53,820 --> 01:07:55,696
all so differently
1259
01:07:55,697 --> 01:07:58,825
and all so great
in their own way.
1260
01:08:00,410 --> 01:08:04,872
And now, you see players,
specifically Alcaraz,
1261
01:08:04,873 --> 01:08:08,126
that plays like all three
of them whenever he wants.
1262
01:08:10,545 --> 01:08:12,546
The game does get better.
1263
01:08:12,547 --> 01:08:15,550
[dramatic music playing]
1264
01:08:27,646 --> 01:08:30,565
[Howard] It is my favorite
period of an athlete.
1265
01:08:33,360 --> 01:08:35,570
It is the lion in winter period.
1266
01:08:36,404 --> 01:08:38,447
You know that the end is near.
1267
01:08:38,448 --> 01:08:40,450
[fans chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole!
1268
01:08:42,369 --> 01:08:44,662
[Howard] Now, you're going
to use all the reserves,
1269
01:08:44,663 --> 01:08:46,956
all the experience,
all the history,
1270
01:08:46,957 --> 01:08:48,875
all the heart, all the drive.
1271
01:08:51,545 --> 01:08:55,214
Because at some point,
you can't do this anymore.
1272
01:08:55,215 --> 01:08:58,218
[dramatic music
continues playing]
1273
01:09:08,562 --> 01:09:10,521
But who's standing
in front of you?
1274
01:09:10,522 --> 01:09:11,690
Alcaraz.
1275
01:09:15,277 --> 01:09:17,653
And he's standing
in front of you in Melbourne
1276
01:09:17,654 --> 01:09:20,740
on your court
where you've won ten times.
1277
01:09:22,701 --> 01:09:26,161
And he's also hungry
because you just beat him
1278
01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,706
in Paris for a gold medal.
1279
01:09:30,917 --> 01:09:33,961
There hasn't been as much buzz
for a quarterfinal match
1280
01:09:33,962 --> 01:09:35,547
in a major
as there was for this one.
1281
01:09:37,340 --> 01:09:39,675
[commentator 1]
Anticipation of this match.
1282
01:09:39,676 --> 01:09:41,719
I mean, the second
the draw was made,
1283
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:43,220
people were like, "Oh, my God."
Okay.
1284
01:09:43,221 --> 01:09:44,680
[commentator 2]
This is the quarter.
1285
01:09:44,681 --> 01:09:46,265
[commentator 1]
Get ready for Tuesday night
1286
01:09:46,266 --> 01:09:47,434
down in Melbourne.
1287
01:09:50,604 --> 01:09:52,313
[Andre]
Novak starts the match off
1288
01:09:52,314 --> 01:09:55,984
and he's far from
the best of himself.
1289
01:10:00,071 --> 01:10:02,323
- [line judge] Out!
- [applause]
1290
01:10:02,324 --> 01:10:05,242
[Andre] He's like a boxer
that needs to get hit
1291
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:08,079
before he actually gives you
his full attention.
1292
01:10:08,997 --> 01:10:10,624
But if somebody's
gonna push him...
1293
01:10:11,875 --> 01:10:13,752
you would see
epic staying power.
1294
01:10:14,461 --> 01:10:15,462
[grunting]
1295
01:10:18,131 --> 01:10:19,965
[crowd groaning]
1296
01:10:19,966 --> 01:10:21,634
[line judge] Out!
1297
01:10:21,635 --> 01:10:23,094
[players grunting]
1298
01:10:29,267 --> 01:10:31,810
[crowd roaring]
1299
01:10:31,811 --> 01:10:33,270
[commentator 1]
Genius!
1300
01:10:33,271 --> 01:10:34,688
[commentator 2]
When will Father Time
1301
01:10:34,689 --> 01:10:35,899
catch up to this guy?
1302
01:10:43,198 --> 01:10:44,449
[crowd exclaiming]
1303
01:10:46,326 --> 01:10:50,121
[commentator 1] Unbelievable!
And Djokovic is feeling it.
1304
01:10:52,624 --> 01:10:55,584
Looks to me like
he's laboring a bit, John.
1305
01:10:55,585 --> 01:10:57,629
[commentator 2] I-- I think
it was something happened...
1306
01:10:58,630 --> 01:11:00,130
the previous shot.
1307
01:11:00,131 --> 01:11:02,049
- [Pat] Late in the first set...
- [Novak groans sharply]
1308
01:11:02,050 --> 01:11:04,009
[Pat]
...Novak kind of pulls up
1309
01:11:04,010 --> 01:11:05,886
running wide for a ball,
1310
01:11:05,887 --> 01:11:08,014
and right away, like,
you know, this could be over.
1311
01:11:08,890 --> 01:11:12,017
{\an8}[commentator] Well, you had
the comment, John, early on
1312
01:11:12,018 --> 01:11:13,937
{\an8}that Father Time is undefeated.
1313
01:11:14,729 --> 01:11:15,938
{\an8}[announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,
1314
01:11:15,939 --> 01:11:17,189
{\an8}Djokovic is now receiving--
1315
01:11:17,190 --> 01:11:18,732
[commentator 1]
They just started the clock.
1316
01:11:18,733 --> 01:11:21,944
[commentator 2] Okay, it's
a three-minute medical timeout.
1317
01:11:21,945 --> 01:11:24,446
[Novak] When I went out
for the off-court treatment,
1318
01:11:24,447 --> 01:11:26,115
I didn't think
that I would be able
1319
01:11:26,116 --> 01:11:27,325
to finish the match,
to be honest.
1320
01:11:28,076 --> 01:11:31,495
[commentator] Alright, Djokovic
out pretty quickly, actually,
1321
01:11:31,496 --> 01:11:33,206
and appears he's got, uh...
1322
01:11:34,165 --> 01:11:37,251
that right groin area
bandaged up.
1323
01:11:37,252 --> 01:11:39,378
[Novak] I wouldn't be able
to win against Alcaraz
1324
01:11:39,379 --> 01:11:42,548
if I had 10% less ability
1325
01:11:42,549 --> 01:11:44,758
to-- to move the way
I normally move.
1326
01:11:44,759 --> 01:11:47,302
And so, I said, let's take
all the painkillers, meds,
1327
01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:48,679
anti-inflammatories.
1328
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,305
Let's do everything possible.
1329
01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:51,974
[players grunting]
1330
01:11:51,975 --> 01:11:54,435
[commentator 1] And I think
at this point, Djokovic is in
1331
01:11:54,436 --> 01:11:57,229
the assessment phase
of where he is now,
1332
01:11:57,230 --> 01:11:58,982
and what he can do
and can't do.
1333
01:12:01,026 --> 01:12:02,818
[commentator 2]
And trying to weather this
1334
01:12:02,819 --> 01:12:05,905
till presumably some type
of pain meds kick in.
1335
01:12:06,990 --> 01:12:08,658
Looks like this set's over.
1336
01:12:10,368 --> 01:12:12,911
{\an8}[cheering and applause]
1337
01:12:12,912 --> 01:12:16,248
{\an8}[commentator 1]
And Alcaraz not affected at all
1338
01:12:16,249 --> 01:12:18,000
{\an8}as he holds at Love.
1339
01:12:18,001 --> 01:12:19,585
[Carlos Gomez-Herrera]
In that moment,
1340
01:12:19,586 --> 01:12:22,504
Novak did what he does
on certain occasions,
1341
01:12:22,505 --> 01:12:23,797
where he's like, "Okay,
1342
01:12:23,798 --> 01:12:25,508
"I'm hurt.
1343
01:12:28,094 --> 01:12:33,183
Unless I am crazy aggressive,
I'm not winning this match."
1344
01:12:34,517 --> 01:12:36,351
{\an8}[commentator 1]
He's gonna have to throw
1345
01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:38,187
{\an8}the proverbial kitchen sink
1346
01:12:38,188 --> 01:12:40,689
to have any chance
of just staying in this.
1347
01:12:40,690 --> 01:12:42,024
[commentator 2]
It's starting to look like
1348
01:12:42,025 --> 01:12:43,526
an extremely tall order.
1349
01:12:44,861 --> 01:12:46,488
Even for him.
1350
01:12:48,865 --> 01:12:50,699
- Still serving big though.
- [announcer] Game, Djokovic.
1351
01:12:50,700 --> 01:12:52,786
[commentator 1] Yeah, nice way
to start the second set.
1352
01:12:53,787 --> 01:12:55,537
[Andre] He's probably
as strong mentally
1353
01:12:55,538 --> 01:12:58,582
as anybody I've ever seen.
1354
01:12:58,583 --> 01:13:02,337
He has a capacity for pain...
1355
01:13:03,338 --> 01:13:06,633
that I think is unmatched.
1356
01:13:08,176 --> 01:13:11,678
It's like the harder
something gets,
1357
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:14,223
the more locked in he gets,
1358
01:13:14,224 --> 01:13:16,684
and he's willing
to go the distance.
1359
01:13:17,894 --> 01:13:20,312
[players grunting]
1360
01:13:20,313 --> 01:13:22,315
[cheering and applause]
1361
01:13:23,817 --> 01:13:26,319
[commentator] There's another
clean winner from Djokovic.
1362
01:13:28,154 --> 01:13:29,822
[Novak]
The adrenaline combination
1363
01:13:29,823 --> 01:13:33,159
of the effect of the pills
and everything, it all helped.
1364
01:13:34,285 --> 01:13:36,078
[commentator 2] Look at this.
Another ace.
1365
01:13:36,079 --> 01:13:37,497
[cheering and applause]
1366
01:13:41,876 --> 01:13:43,418
[crowd roaring]
1367
01:13:43,419 --> 01:13:46,338
[commentator 1]
Well, Djokovic may be wounded,
1368
01:13:46,339 --> 01:13:48,674
but he's still swinging.
1369
01:13:48,675 --> 01:13:50,634
[Pat]
Alcaraz is a lot of things,
1370
01:13:50,635 --> 01:13:52,094
but he's not a street fighter.
1371
01:13:52,095 --> 01:13:54,346
You talk about
the ultimate street fighter,
1372
01:13:54,347 --> 01:13:57,058
Novak, like, h-he'll beat you
fair and square.
1373
01:13:57,892 --> 01:13:59,977
"But if I gotta go down
and go to the wall
1374
01:13:59,978 --> 01:14:02,437
"and become a street fighter,
I'll do that, too.
1375
01:14:02,438 --> 01:14:03,565
Are you gonna do that?"
1376
01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:07,860
{\an8}[commentator]
And there's the set.
1377
01:14:07,861 --> 01:14:09,904
{\an8}[announcer]
Game and second set, Djokovic.
1378
01:14:10,989 --> 01:14:12,991
[players grunting]
1379
01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:17,787
- [commentator] And that's good.
- [crowd exclaiming]
1380
01:14:19,122 --> 01:14:20,831
- [commentator 2] Look at that.
- [crowd exclaiming]
1381
01:14:20,832 --> 01:14:23,334
The serve has been
unbelievable from Djokovic.
1382
01:14:25,253 --> 01:14:27,255
[ball thwacking]
1383
01:14:28,673 --> 01:14:30,675
- [shoes squeaking]
- [players grunting]
1384
01:14:40,310 --> 01:14:42,312
[crowd exclaiming]
1385
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:50,819
{\an8}[crowd roaring]
1386
01:14:50,820 --> 01:14:53,364
{\an8}[announcer]
Game and third set, Djokovic.
1387
01:14:58,244 --> 01:15:00,495
[Novak] It is, in the end
of the day, a very mental game
1388
01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:03,666
because
it's a non-contact sport, but...
1389
01:15:04,584 --> 01:15:07,420
as close to the contact
as you can be, in a sense.
1390
01:15:08,254 --> 01:15:11,299
Almost like gladiator
versus gladiator in the arena.
1391
01:15:13,509 --> 01:15:16,471
You wanna see
your opponent feeling weak.
1392
01:15:17,555 --> 01:15:20,307
You can feel that from
the other side of the net.
1393
01:15:20,308 --> 01:15:22,643
You can sense
that he's doubting himself.
1394
01:15:22,644 --> 01:15:25,396
[commentator] Oh-ho!
He's everywhere right now.
1395
01:15:26,773 --> 01:15:28,106
As a predator on the court,
1396
01:15:28,107 --> 01:15:29,776
you wanna jump on that
and use that.
1397
01:15:33,279 --> 01:15:35,031
[players grunting]
1398
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,082
[crowd roaring]
1399
01:15:47,001 --> 01:15:48,835
{\an8}[commentator]
He was compelling,
1400
01:15:48,836 --> 01:15:50,380
{\an8}he was commanding!
1401
01:15:51,756 --> 01:15:55,759
And ultimately, he was just
a little too cunning
1402
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,761
for his younger opponent.
1403
01:15:57,762 --> 01:15:59,764
- [announcer indistinct]
- [cheering and applause]
1404
01:16:01,224 --> 01:16:03,434
[commentator] He takes down
Alcaraz in four.
1405
01:16:04,394 --> 01:16:07,939
4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4...
1406
01:16:08,940 --> 01:16:11,525
in a Rod Laver masterclass.
1407
01:16:11,526 --> 01:16:13,528
[cheering and applause continue]
1408
01:16:15,071 --> 01:16:18,074
[gentle music playing]
1409
01:16:25,415 --> 01:16:27,417
[people chattering]
1410
01:16:32,588 --> 01:16:34,590
[children exclaiming]
1411
01:16:36,050 --> 01:16:38,052
[Novak indistinct]
1412
01:16:41,848 --> 01:16:44,057
[kisses smacking]
1413
01:16:44,058 --> 01:16:45,810
- [indistinct]
- [kiss smacking]
1414
01:16:46,728 --> 01:16:48,645
[fan] [clapping] Bravo, Nole!
1415
01:16:48,646 --> 01:16:50,648
[light cheering and applause]
1416
01:16:56,321 --> 01:16:59,698
{\an8}[soft, dramatic music playing]
1417
01:16:59,699 --> 01:17:01,784
{\an8}[Novak]
My team wanted to do an MRI.
1418
01:17:03,369 --> 01:17:04,953
I said, I really don't think
1419
01:17:04,954 --> 01:17:07,914
that I should do an MRI
or ultrasound,
1420
01:17:07,915 --> 01:17:10,626
because I know what it is.
1421
01:17:13,129 --> 01:17:14,339
It's a tear.
1422
01:17:15,381 --> 01:17:18,050
Whether it's
a one-centimeter tear, or half,
1423
01:17:18,051 --> 01:17:20,552
or two or three,
what does it matter?
1424
01:17:20,553 --> 01:17:23,764
I mean, I-- I wanna give
myself a chance
1425
01:17:23,765 --> 01:17:25,600
to be on the court in semis...
1426
01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,186
'cause I had two days.
1427
01:17:29,729 --> 01:17:32,230
I feel like
we should try to use
1428
01:17:32,231 --> 01:17:35,818
every available minute
to recover.
1429
01:17:38,488 --> 01:17:40,155
[interviewer speaking English]
Novak, how does
1430
01:17:40,156 --> 01:17:41,406
the physical recovery
1431
01:17:41,407 --> 01:17:42,783
at this stage of your career
1432
01:17:42,784 --> 01:17:44,285
compare to the mental recovery?
1433
01:17:46,537 --> 01:17:48,413
Physically,
I'm able to recover.
1434
01:17:48,414 --> 01:17:50,708
Mentally, no,
I'm not able to recover.
1435
01:17:52,710 --> 01:17:55,046
Mentally,
I'm at the stage where...
1436
01:17:56,089 --> 01:17:58,049
I'm almost losing my mind.
1437
01:17:59,384 --> 01:18:00,385
[speaking Serbian]
1438
01:18:04,055 --> 01:18:06,681
You would think logically
because when you age
1439
01:18:06,682 --> 01:18:09,309
you have more experience,
that you would know
1440
01:18:09,310 --> 01:18:12,229
how to deal mentally
and emotionally
1441
01:18:12,230 --> 01:18:14,273
with stress, with pressure.
1442
01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:18,403
But the body is maybe not
listening to you as much.
1443
01:18:20,279 --> 01:18:22,115
For me, it's vice versa.
1444
01:18:24,117 --> 01:18:25,868
[sighs] The brain...
1445
01:18:28,246 --> 01:18:29,664
is, um...
1446
01:18:31,582 --> 01:18:33,376
it's like it has had enough.
1447
01:18:36,045 --> 01:18:38,506
The practice days and...
1448
01:18:40,174 --> 01:18:42,635
- [reporters] Novak.
- [Novak] Media.
1449
01:18:45,179 --> 01:18:47,515
And the expectations.
1450
01:18:49,267 --> 01:18:51,477
It's mostly about
my own expectations.
1451
01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:54,479
[indistinct chatter]
1452
01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:56,314
People think like,
"Oh, you know,
1453
01:18:56,315 --> 01:18:58,275
"you've achieved
so many great things
1454
01:18:58,276 --> 01:18:59,777
and now you should enjoy."
1455
01:19:01,112 --> 01:19:02,572
I cannot enjoy.
1456
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:05,615
[indistinct chatter]
1457
01:19:05,616 --> 01:19:07,076
[Novak]
If I have to compete...
1458
01:19:08,244 --> 01:19:10,872
if I have to put myself
on the biggest stage...
1459
01:19:11,998 --> 01:19:13,958
that carries
so much weight for me.
1460
01:19:15,710 --> 01:19:17,336
It's not only about that match.
1461
01:19:18,254 --> 01:19:19,881
It's about my reputation.
1462
01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:22,382
It's about everything.
1463
01:19:22,383 --> 01:19:23,926
[crowd chanting]
Nole! Nole!
1464
01:19:25,344 --> 01:19:27,138
There are days
where I feel like...
1465
01:19:28,097 --> 01:19:30,140
I feel like I'm the best.
1466
01:19:30,141 --> 01:19:33,894
There are days where
I'm doubting myself, uh, a lot.
1467
01:19:33,895 --> 01:19:36,313
It's like, and then
I'm questioning whether,
1468
01:19:36,314 --> 01:19:38,900
you know, I can keep up
with the level of the best guys.
1469
01:19:43,488 --> 01:19:46,032
But I cannot be 100%
dedicated to tennis.
1470
01:19:48,868 --> 01:19:50,244
It's not my life anymore.
1471
01:19:51,954 --> 01:19:56,208
I need to be, you know,
the-- the husband, the father.
1472
01:19:56,209 --> 01:19:57,752
I need to be
all of the other things.
1473
01:20:00,004 --> 01:20:01,047
[Tara giggling]
1474
01:20:04,425 --> 01:20:05,676
[Novak]
This is the battle.
1475
01:20:09,430 --> 01:20:12,807
How long should I do this?
W-Why am I putting myself
1476
01:20:12,808 --> 01:20:14,769
and my family through this
over and over again?
1477
01:20:16,938 --> 01:20:18,981
[interviewer speaking English]
Does a match like tomorrow
1478
01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:24,694
does that help or make it
more difficult, mentally?
1479
01:20:24,695 --> 01:20:25,696
More difficult.
1480
01:20:26,656 --> 01:20:28,865
There's part of me that is,
like, looking forward
1481
01:20:28,866 --> 01:20:31,535
to the challenge,
but part of me is like...
1482
01:20:31,536 --> 01:20:33,828
[exhales sharply]
You know.
1483
01:20:33,829 --> 01:20:36,666
I have to use my reservoirs
again and again and again.
1484
01:20:38,501 --> 01:20:40,043
And I want to prove
people wrong, you know,
1485
01:20:40,044 --> 01:20:42,087
that's also one
of the motivations, of course.
1486
01:20:42,088 --> 01:20:44,548
But most of all,
I want to prove myself wrong.
1487
01:20:44,549 --> 01:20:47,717
[chuckles]
Because I have that inner voice
1488
01:20:47,718 --> 01:20:50,095
that is like, you-- you know.
1489
01:20:50,096 --> 01:20:51,721
I-It's doubting,
you can't go on,
1490
01:20:51,722 --> 01:20:54,558
you know, not-- you're not--
you're not at the level
1491
01:20:54,559 --> 01:20:56,519
where, you know, that where
you can win Slam...
1492
01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:01,357
anymore, you know?
And deal with this reality.
1493
01:21:05,528 --> 01:21:07,028
[commentator]
There's a lot of challenges
1494
01:21:07,029 --> 01:21:08,613
ahead for Djokovic,
and I think that's why
1495
01:21:08,614 --> 01:21:10,574
he's still doing this, Chris,
why he's still playing,
1496
01:21:10,575 --> 01:21:11,866
why he's still trying
to win majors.
1497
01:21:11,867 --> 01:21:12,951
He's done it all,
1498
01:21:12,952 --> 01:21:14,202
he's the greatest of all time.
1499
01:21:14,203 --> 01:21:16,204
But to beat Alcaraz,
the three seed,
1500
01:21:16,205 --> 01:21:18,123
now to take on
the number two seed,
1501
01:21:18,124 --> 01:21:19,833
if he can get by Sascha Zverev,
1502
01:21:19,834 --> 01:21:21,752
which I think he can,
and I think he will...
1503
01:21:23,796 --> 01:21:27,299
[Matthew] I honestly had stopped
being particularly concerned
1504
01:21:27,300 --> 01:21:28,509
about the leg.
1505
01:21:30,261 --> 01:21:32,096
He's just built differently.
1506
01:21:33,097 --> 01:21:38,102
His body's capable of responding
to moments of stress.
1507
01:21:44,817 --> 01:21:47,485
[announcer] Please welcome
to Rod Laver Arena,
1508
01:21:47,486 --> 01:21:50,655
from Germany, Alexander Zverev!
1509
01:21:50,656 --> 01:21:52,282
[cheering and applause]
1510
01:21:52,283 --> 01:21:53,617
[commentator 1]
The good story for Zverev
1511
01:21:53,618 --> 01:21:54,743
is he's been really fresh.
1512
01:21:54,744 --> 01:21:56,161
[commentator 2]
He said to us, he said,
1513
01:21:56,162 --> 01:21:59,581
"Listen, I feel the best
I've felt in a long time."
1514
01:21:59,582 --> 01:22:03,335
And please welcome ten-time
Australian Open champion
1515
01:22:03,336 --> 01:22:06,296
from Serbia, Novak Djokovic.
1516
01:22:06,297 --> 01:22:07,922
[cheering and applause]
1517
01:22:07,923 --> 01:22:09,424
[commentator 1]
All eyes on this guy
1518
01:22:09,425 --> 01:22:11,551
in the first few games to see
if there's any hints
1519
01:22:11,552 --> 01:22:13,346
that he might not
be totally ready.
1520
01:22:14,221 --> 01:22:17,058
[Jim] None of us knew
how the recovery had gone.
1521
01:22:18,517 --> 01:22:20,478
We're all hoping
that he's gonna be healthy.
1522
01:22:25,066 --> 01:22:27,068
[players grunting]
1523
01:22:33,574 --> 01:22:35,451
[crowd exclaiming]
1524
01:22:39,288 --> 01:22:42,124
- [commentator 1] Unbelievable!
- [announcer] Game, Djokovic.
1525
01:22:44,919 --> 01:22:46,211
[cheering and applause]
1526
01:22:46,212 --> 01:22:48,297
[announcer]
Game, Djokovic.
1527
01:22:49,340 --> 01:22:51,884
[Novak] We played
a couple of tough rallies.
1528
01:22:53,010 --> 01:22:55,304
And I did a couple
quick movements.
1529
01:22:57,807 --> 01:23:00,393
I started to feel
even more pull.
1530
01:23:02,603 --> 01:23:04,230
[crowd gasping]
1531
01:23:08,567 --> 01:23:10,527
[crowd groaning, applause]
1532
01:23:10,528 --> 01:23:12,362
[commentator 1]
He's not feeling right.
1533
01:23:12,363 --> 01:23:14,239
That's my opinion.
1534
01:23:14,240 --> 01:23:16,116
[commentator 2]
Something is going on.
1535
01:23:16,117 --> 01:23:18,201
[commentator 3]
Novak walking very slowly.
1536
01:23:18,202 --> 01:23:19,619
[fans] [chanting]
Nole! Nole!
1537
01:23:19,620 --> 01:23:22,415
He was avoiding extreme.
1538
01:23:24,041 --> 01:23:26,209
[commentator 1]
Djokovic not quite right.
1539
01:23:26,210 --> 01:23:28,421
[commentator 2] Got a delivery
from the-- the pharmacy.
1540
01:23:30,589 --> 01:23:34,593
[Novak] I just wasn't able
to generate the speed.
1541
01:23:35,594 --> 01:23:37,053
[commentator] He's not even
gonna run for this.
1542
01:23:37,054 --> 01:23:39,222
He's feeling it
right now, Djokovic.
1543
01:23:39,223 --> 01:23:40,974
[commentator 2] Yeah,
not at 40-Love, for sure.
1544
01:23:40,975 --> 01:23:43,351
Saving the energy
for this tiebreak.
1545
01:23:43,352 --> 01:23:44,437
It just wasn't working.
1546
01:23:48,107 --> 01:23:50,942
- [crowd exclaiming]
- [announcer] Game, set.
1547
01:23:50,943 --> 01:23:53,194
[commentator]
Flubs the volley.
1548
01:23:53,195 --> 01:23:54,822
[cheering and applause]
1549
01:23:55,865 --> 01:23:57,323
This is a handshake.
1550
01:23:57,324 --> 01:23:59,033
- [commentator 2] It's over.
- It's a handshake.
1551
01:23:59,034 --> 01:24:00,660
[Matthew] I remember turning
to someone and saying,
1552
01:24:00,661 --> 01:24:02,037
like, wait, is he quitting?
1553
01:24:05,458 --> 01:24:07,083
Yeah, it became
completely apparent
1554
01:24:07,084 --> 01:24:09,211
that he was done
after one set.
1555
01:24:10,421 --> 01:24:12,298
[crowd chattering]
1556
01:24:14,884 --> 01:24:16,342
[commentator 1] The crowd
is absolutely stunned.
1557
01:24:16,343 --> 01:24:17,594
[commentator 2] Stunned.
1558
01:24:17,595 --> 01:24:19,179
[commentator 1]
He came forward to shake hands,
1559
01:24:19,180 --> 01:24:20,680
- and this is disappointing.
- [commentator 2] Well, yeah.
1560
01:24:20,681 --> 01:24:22,516
[commentator 1] The drive
for 25 ends right here.
1561
01:24:23,768 --> 01:24:27,104
It's not just a match,
how much he invests.
1562
01:24:28,189 --> 01:24:29,939
And that investment
is not something
1563
01:24:29,940 --> 01:24:32,025
that people, they can see.
1564
01:24:32,026 --> 01:24:34,152
[crowd chattering]
1565
01:24:34,153 --> 01:24:36,321
[commentator 1]
This is-- this hurts all of us
1566
01:24:36,322 --> 01:24:37,906
to see him go out like this.
1567
01:24:37,907 --> 01:24:39,909
[crowd cheering and jeering]
1568
01:24:41,118 --> 01:24:42,494
I can't believe
people are booing.
1569
01:24:42,495 --> 01:24:44,079
That's just horrendous.
1570
01:24:49,126 --> 01:24:50,461
I was shocked.
1571
01:24:51,962 --> 01:24:53,755
[commentator 2] Guy has poured
everything he's got
1572
01:24:53,756 --> 01:24:55,298
- into this sport...
- [commentator 1] Yep. Yep.
1573
01:24:55,299 --> 01:24:57,091
[commentator 2]
...winning ten previous titles.
1574
01:24:57,092 --> 01:24:59,094
[crowd continues booing]
1575
01:25:02,389 --> 01:25:05,266
[Carlos] It's very sad
to see that from a crowd.
1576
01:25:05,267 --> 01:25:06,601
[interviewer speaking English]
Do you think
1577
01:25:06,602 --> 01:25:07,769
that it bothers him?
1578
01:25:07,770 --> 01:25:10,105
Of course. Of course.
1579
01:25:11,398 --> 01:25:12,608
He's human.
1580
01:25:17,988 --> 01:25:20,156
[Novak]
I felt the bitterness
1581
01:25:20,157 --> 01:25:22,408
when I was exiting the court
1582
01:25:22,409 --> 01:25:25,036
with that atmosphere
and people booing.
1583
01:25:25,037 --> 01:25:27,081
But it is what it is.
1584
01:25:30,709 --> 01:25:32,961
In some way,
I understand that people,
1585
01:25:32,962 --> 01:25:34,754
they want a match,
they paid tickets,
1586
01:25:34,755 --> 01:25:36,756
they wanna come and, you know,
they want to see you perform.
1587
01:25:36,757 --> 01:25:37,883
I get it.
1588
01:25:39,718 --> 01:25:41,679
I know in my heart that...
1589
01:25:42,137 --> 01:25:43,472
[softly chuckles]
1590
01:25:43,681 --> 01:25:47,016
...you know, if I am able to
leave it all out on the court,
1591
01:25:47,017 --> 01:25:50,312
particularly at age 37,
semifinals of a Grand Slam...
1592
01:25:51,230 --> 01:25:53,565
I will do it because it
might be my last semifinals
1593
01:25:53,566 --> 01:25:54,775
in my career, I don't know.
1594
01:25:56,485 --> 01:25:58,319
[reporter] Is there a chance
that this might be
1595
01:25:58,320 --> 01:25:59,864
your last Australian Open?
1596
01:26:01,282 --> 01:26:02,699
I don't know. [sighs]
1597
01:26:02,700 --> 01:26:04,284
There is a chance.
Who knows?
1598
01:26:04,285 --> 01:26:07,704
If I feel like
it's not possible
1599
01:26:07,705 --> 01:26:09,706
for me to do what I do
1600
01:26:09,707 --> 01:26:12,250
and on the level
that is necessary
1601
01:26:12,251 --> 01:26:14,419
to be able to play
five sets potentially,
1602
01:26:14,420 --> 01:26:16,504
then I'm not gonna do it.
1603
01:26:16,505 --> 01:26:19,257
As simple as that,
and I don't expect
1604
01:26:19,258 --> 01:26:20,968
all the people
to understand that.
1605
01:26:24,054 --> 01:26:26,139
[Howard] The negative quotient
that he has,
1606
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:28,474
I've never seen it that high
1607
01:26:28,475 --> 01:26:30,060
for a player
of his accomplishments.
1608
01:26:31,061 --> 01:26:34,772
A 24-time Grand Slam champion
get booed in a major?
1609
01:26:34,773 --> 01:26:36,609
When he's obviously injured?
1610
01:26:43,449 --> 01:26:46,367
Most times the public
turns towards you
1611
01:26:46,368 --> 01:26:47,911
when you're at the end,
1612
01:26:47,912 --> 01:26:49,622
because they respect
what you did.
1613
01:26:50,789 --> 01:26:52,332
And then, he gets booed?
1614
01:26:52,333 --> 01:26:54,335
[crowd booing]
1615
01:27:02,968 --> 01:27:05,304
[Jelena] He carries that burden
that he's never enough.
1616
01:27:06,722 --> 01:27:09,350
No matter how much he does,
it will never be enough.
1617
01:27:13,395 --> 01:27:16,272
Tennis is a fulfilling place
for him.
1618
01:27:16,273 --> 01:27:17,983
It's a place where he feels...
1619
01:27:19,985 --> 01:27:21,153
he feels worthy.
1620
01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:27,533
[Novak] The curse of achieving
every possible achievement
1621
01:27:27,534 --> 01:27:29,118
that you could in our sport
1622
01:27:29,119 --> 01:27:32,163
is that anything less than that
1623
01:27:32,164 --> 01:27:33,707
is not good enough.
1624
01:27:35,376 --> 01:27:38,461
The feeling of not good enough
has been with me
1625
01:27:38,462 --> 01:27:40,255
for a very long time,
it's still with me.
1626
01:27:42,841 --> 01:27:45,468
Others might try to fool me
by saying,
1627
01:27:45,469 --> 01:27:47,595
"Hey, you had a great
Australian Open.
1628
01:27:47,596 --> 01:27:50,139
"You played semis.
You beat Alcaraz,
1629
01:27:50,140 --> 01:27:51,641
"one of the best players
in the world,
1630
01:27:51,642 --> 01:27:53,518
and you played great, amazing."
1631
01:27:53,519 --> 01:27:54,937
Yeah, yeah, but...
1632
01:27:55,938 --> 01:27:56,939
not good enough.
1633
01:27:59,942 --> 01:28:04,278
[Howard] If Novak Djokovic
won 15 majors,
1634
01:28:04,279 --> 01:28:05,406
the crowd would love him.
1635
01:28:07,449 --> 01:28:08,783
Because that would mean
1636
01:28:08,784 --> 01:28:11,828
he was one of the all-time
great champions,
1637
01:28:11,829 --> 01:28:13,539
but he didn't threaten
Roger and Rafa.
1638
01:28:18,043 --> 01:28:20,586
People would love Novak more
1639
01:28:20,587 --> 01:28:22,006
if he didn't threaten
the order.
1640
01:28:23,007 --> 01:28:27,594
But to have Novak
not threaten the order...
1641
01:28:28,846 --> 01:28:30,931
is to not have Novak Djokovic.
1642
01:28:33,434 --> 01:28:35,853
He's here to threaten
the order.
1643
01:28:39,189 --> 01:28:41,692
[Mary] He still has
something to prove.
1644
01:28:43,610 --> 01:28:46,947
He's gotten to the point where
he's breaking his own records.
1645
01:28:50,576 --> 01:28:52,161
You're battling yourself.
1646
01:28:53,328 --> 01:28:56,540
How do you know when it's
a good time to stop doing that?
1647
01:28:57,875 --> 01:29:00,835
[Novak]
I truly feel still young.
1648
01:29:00,836 --> 01:29:03,671
I don't know when
I'm going to finish my career.
1649
01:29:03,672 --> 01:29:05,965
It might be one year
1650
01:29:05,966 --> 01:29:08,302
or it might be another 15 years.
I don't know.
1651
01:29:13,557 --> 01:29:16,060
As long as I have the drive...
1652
01:29:17,686 --> 01:29:19,438
the passion...
1653
01:29:20,439 --> 01:29:24,233
and most of all, as long
as I feel I can win tournaments
1654
01:29:24,234 --> 01:29:27,153
and I can be one of the best
players in the world,
1655
01:29:27,154 --> 01:29:28,613
I want to keep going.
1656
01:29:28,614 --> 01:29:30,616
- [ball thwacking]
- [Novak grunting]
1657
01:29:35,996 --> 01:29:37,998
The number-one doubter is here.
1658
01:29:39,291 --> 01:29:40,667
I'm the number-one doubter...
1659
01:29:41,710 --> 01:29:43,336
and I'm trying
to prove myself wrong
1660
01:29:43,337 --> 01:29:44,629
more than anybody else.
1661
01:29:44,630 --> 01:29:47,799
[dramatic music playing]
1662
01:29:47,800 --> 01:29:49,802
[howling]
1663
01:29:56,850 --> 01:30:00,479
[crowd chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!
1664
01:30:02,356 --> 01:30:06,651
[commentator]
Djokovic, big underdog tonight.
1665
01:30:06,652 --> 01:30:09,362
[crowd continues chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole!
1666
01:30:09,363 --> 01:30:12,366
[dramatic violin music
playing]
1667
01:30:13,992 --> 01:30:16,829
[crowd chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole!
1668
01:30:18,163 --> 01:30:20,540
- [crowd roaring]
- [commentator] Oh, it's insane!
1669
01:30:20,541 --> 01:30:24,127
The ten-time
Australian Open champion
1670
01:30:24,128 --> 01:30:26,130
digs deep at age 38.
1671
01:30:27,381 --> 01:30:30,050
[crowd chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole!
1672
01:30:36,223 --> 01:30:37,765
- [line judge] Out!
- [commentator] He's done it!
1673
01:30:37,766 --> 01:30:39,851
[crowd roaring]
1674
01:30:39,852 --> 01:30:43,647
Novak Djokovic
rolls back the years.
1675
01:30:45,065 --> 01:30:46,650
Dethroned Sinner.
1676
01:30:48,443 --> 01:30:50,778
[Novak] You guys have been
incredible tonight,
1677
01:30:50,779 --> 01:30:53,906
- honestly incredible.
- [cheering and applause]
1678
01:30:53,907 --> 01:30:55,449
I love our passionate
relationship.
1679
01:30:55,450 --> 01:30:57,118
Every year is something
different, you know?
1680
01:30:57,119 --> 01:30:58,120
[laughter]
1681
01:31:00,122 --> 01:31:02,748
I think you guys got your value
for the ticket today,
1682
01:31:02,749 --> 01:31:04,250
- that's for sure.
- [cheering and applause]
1683
01:31:04,251 --> 01:31:05,459
That's for sure.
1684
01:31:05,460 --> 01:31:07,336
Thank you from the bottom
of my heart.
1685
01:31:07,337 --> 01:31:08,589
Thank you.
1686
01:31:12,342 --> 01:31:15,846
[crowd chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!
1687
01:31:23,395 --> 01:31:26,439
[crowd continues chanting]
Nole! Nole! Nole! Nole!
1688
01:31:26,440 --> 01:31:31,819
Nole! Nole! Nole!
Nole! Nole! Nole!
1689
01:31:31,820 --> 01:31:34,823
[gentle, dramatic music
playing]