Djokovic Nowak - the best tennis player of the planet

Novak Djokovic is a tennis player from Serbia. He became a real star due to skillful play, excellent sense of humor and knowledge of four languages. In 2012, Time magazine included him in the top 100 most influential people on the planet. At the moment, Nowak is the best tennis player in the world. This article will describe his brief biography.

First steps

Novak Djokovic (photo below) was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1987. The boy was given tennis when he was barely four years old. In addition to him, the family had two younger children. Parents also gave them to the tennis section. Subsequently, all the children reached the professional level. The hero of this article reached this bar in 16 years.

Acquaintance with Gencic

In 1993 Novak Djokovic, whose personal life will be described below, met the legendary tennis player - Elena Genchich. She praised the game of the boy and took him under his care. Over the next six years Elena intensively trained Novak, and then helped him move abroad and pursue a career. Thanks to the links Gencic 12-year-old Djokovic got into the tennis academy Pilich (Germany). There, the boy spent four years. His youngest tennis player won his first European championship in 14 years - at once in three categories.

Successes and victories

To his 28 years Djokovic Nowak became the best player of the planet. He is a nine-time winner of the Grand Slam competition. Five times he won in ATP tournaments. Also Novak has a bronze Olympic medal (2008) and the Davis Cup (2010). To date, the athlete is the only athlete who won the "Australian Open" for three consecutive years.

Style of play

Novak is a universal tennis player, equally well performing on all surfaces (ground, carpet, grass and hard). Has a good feed at an average speed of 190 km / h (maximum - 210 km / h). The percentage of hitting the first ball is one of the highest in the world. Djokovic plays in an attacking style. The athlete's forehand is reliable, and the backhand is powerful. It does not go to the grid infrequently, but if it does it, it's for certain. Novak always has a game plan and can adjust to any opponent.

Weakness

The hero of this article stably enters finals and semi-finals of the largest tournaments. But sometimes he does not have the strength for the last step. Most often this happens when playing with Federer and Nadal, arranging Novak indicative "flogging." Perhaps the only weak point of the Serbs is endurance. He physically can not stand long fights. It is worth the time to tighten the match - and Nowak has a shiver in his legs, and also breath is lost. This problem prevented him to lead the tennis rating for several seasons in a row.

Personal life

You can talk a lot about the sporting glory of Novak, but there is one more feature of the tennis player, which should be said separately. This is his sense of humor. Djokovic Novak perfectly copies the behavior of his friends and colleagues in the shop. For his humor and passion for rallies, the tennis player even got a nickname. It became a symbiosis of the English word Joke and his surname. In general, in the press and in the circle of friends, he is called the Joker.

Now the sportsman lives in Monte Carlo and is married to his old friend Elena Ristic. She recently gave birth to Novak's son Stefan. By the way, Djokovic is an Orthodox Christian and helps many monasteries in his homeland. For this, the Serbian church handed him the Order of St. Sava.

Novak is also a member of the organization "Champions for Peace" and actively fights for him along with other athletes. Djokovic is a polyglot and communicates freely in four languages - English, Italian, German and Serbian. At leisure, the tennis player likes to cheer for the Serbian football club Crvena Zvezda.

Tennis racquet

For many seasons in a row Djokovic Nowak together in Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova represent one Australian brand that produces tennis equipment of very high quality. The athlete himself advertises racquets Speed black and white. In the lineup five models with parameters from amateur to professional level are presented. Personally Novak plays racket "Head Utek Grafin Speed Pro". It appeared on the market in 2013.

Parodies

Additional popularity Djokovic Nowak received due to the performance of hilarious parodies on other tennis stars. During his mini-performances, the public simply "died" of laughter. For example, Maria Sharapova makes a lot of funny moves during the game and screams. In the interpretation of Novak, it looks extremely accurate and very funny. And the audience is always happy. Although recently he seldom deals with parody and focuses more on the match itself.