Novak Djokovic opened up about his wife’s support at the US Open. Image: US Open
Novak Djokovic has opened up about the support of wife Jelena at the US Open, admitting she doesn’t always enjoying everything that comes with being married to him.
Jelena was spotted wearing a t-shirt featuring Djokovic’s face inside a silhouette of a wolf on Saturday, along with the words “I run with the wolf”.
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- When asked about the t-shirt in his on-court interview after defeating KEI Nishi Kori, Djokovic opened up about what the support of his wife means to him.
“At first, the experience does not alarm you because it can bring you some difficulties. We look at public figures and think that kind of publicity is okay,” she said.
“But as time goes on, you lack anonymity, you lack the privacy to be able to do whatever you like at any time, in any situation.
“I try to resist all these expectations to always be myself and for Novak to be able to be himself.”
Djokovic’s ‘wolf’ mentality emerged at Wimbledon earlier this year when he said he felt the animals are his “spiritual nature guides”.
“I really do because I’ve seen some wolves when I was a kid roaming the forests of the mountain where I grew up,” he said.
“And that encounter left me frightened and even more connected with wolves. There is a connection, I personally feel it.
“I carry that with me and that helps me find that energy when I need it.
“That dynamic energy sometimes turns into a roar or an outburst but most of the times it’s useful energy.”
Jelena Djokovic, pictured here after Novak’s win over Kei Nishi Kori at the US Open.
Jelena Djokovic celebrates after Novak’s win over Kei Nishikori at the US Open. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Djokovic let it all out during his third-round win over Nishikori, slapping his chest or sneering with a fist raised to celebrate success, pointing to his ear to ask the crowd for more noise.
This was the Djokovic everyone is so accustomed to seeing, winning on the grand slam stage as he always does in this magical season, but also animated and into it, encouraging the spectators to join him for the ride on his path toward tennis history.
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