Nova Djokovic He plays this Friday, Spanish dawn (04:30 hours), his 48th Grand Slam semi-final, eleventh at the Australian Open. The next time he reached this stage of the tournament, he won. His rival, the Italian Jannik Sinnerwill debut in a penultimate round at Melbourne Park, although it meets Wimbledon in 2022.
A confrontation that raised a special general expectation because both capitalized at the end of the previous season. They played three games, and the transalpine team won two. There was a split at the ATP Finals, although the title went to him Djokovicbut in the Davis Cup Finals sinful He came back from match balls to lead Italy to win its second ‘salad bowl’.
Djokovic, 36 years old and seeded number one after the competition, automated the rituals before the final bid for a related title. Chasing a 25th Grand Slam tie breaking Australian Margaret Court.
If he beats Sinner, on Sunday (9:30 am) he will face whoever wins the second semifinal, between the Russians. Daniel Medvedev and the german Alexander Zverevat 9:30 this Friday morning.
The Serbian feels at home when he comes out on the center court of Rod Laver Arena. Although his connection to Australia has another lesser-known aspect that Novak Djokovic revealed in all its details during this time Australian Open. A new and unconventional idyll. Although new to most, he made it clear that this was a personal relationship from years ago, although he didn’t want to find his exact match so it wouldn’t be fodder for people’s curiosity.
Djokovic, to always build his own world, according to his beliefs and not according to society’s standards. Because of rumors that his visit to the botanical garden of Melbourne They had a special recipient, according to the comments of the locals, the tennis player confirmed it.
“True. True. There’s one tree in particular that I’ve had a special relationship with, I think, for the last 15 years. I love every corner of the botanic garden. I think it’s an incredible treasure for Melbourne to have that kind of park, that kind of nature, in the middle of the city,” he admitted Djokovic.
He didn’t want to share what tree it was. “I can’t reveal it, I’ll try to keep it to myself. I want it to be mine. I like connecting with that old friend.”
It means a lot to Djokovic, he stressed that “I connected with that tree. I simply liked it. I liked its roots, the trunk and the branches. Everything. Years ago I started climbing it. We connected.”
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgiosbecame a television commentator while still out due to injury, wanted to tear the identity of the tree in a track interview with his friend today Djokovicwho very sarcastically replied: “I’ll show you, but you can’t tell anyone. It’s a big secret. You have to take off your shoes, climb to the highest point and hang upside down from one of the branches for 33 minutes and 3 seconds. Then “Win a Grand Slam.”
Source: La Verdad
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