{"id":23168,"date":"2025-02-03T02:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23168"},"modified":"2025-02-03T02:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T02:05:07","slug":"when-novak-djokovics-father-claimed-that-roger-federer-attacked-his-son-%f0%9f%98%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23168","title":{"rendered":"When Novak Djokovic’s father claimed that Roger Federer “attacked” his son! \ud83d\ude31"},"content":{"rendered":"

“As much as Roger Federer is a great champion, he is also not a good man” – When Novak Djokovic’s father claimed that the Swiss “attacked” his son<\/h1>\n
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Novak Djokovic’s father said that Roger Federer was not a good man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Novak Djokovic’s father, Srdjan Djokovic, once claimed that Roger Federer “attacked” his son when he was a teenager.<\/p>\n

Srdjan told Serbia’s K1 TV in 2021 that Federer knew someone better than him was coming. He also said that while the Swiss was a great champion, he was not a good man.<\/p>\n

“15 years ago he attacked my son when he was still young at 18-19 years old, he knew that someone better than him was coming. I said then that he was a great champion, the best at that time, but as much as he is a great champion, he is also not a good man,” Novak Djokovic’s father said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The incident in question occurred during the 2006 Davis Cup, when Switzerland faced Serbia and Montenegro in the World Group play-off. At the time,\u00a0Federer\u00a0<\/a>accused Djokovic of faking injuries during a match against Stan Wawrinka, calling him “a joke.”<\/p>\n

“You know I don’t trust his injuries. I mean I’m serious, and I think that he’s a joke when he comes down to these injuries,” the Swiss said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Federer faced\u00a0Djokovic<\/a>\u00a0in that tie and won 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 as Switzerland went on to beat Serbia and Montenegro 4-1 to qualify for the World Group. However, they were eliminated in the first round by eventual semifinalists Australia.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer faced each other in five Grand Slam finals<\/h2>\n
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Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer after their match at the 2019 ATP Finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer faced each other in five\u00a0Grand Slam<\/a>\u00a0finals, with the Serb winning four of those. The only time Federer beat Djokovic in a Major final was at the 2007 US Open, when he won 7-6(2), 7-6(4), 6-4.<\/p>\n

At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the Serb edged the Swiss 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-4. The two locked horns in the title clash of the grasscourt Major again in 2015, with Djokovic winning 7-6(1), 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n

That same year they also met in the US Open, and the Serb triumphed 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to win his second title at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

The last meeting between Federer and Djokovic in a Grand Slam final came at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, where the Serb won a thriller 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12.<\/p>\n

Overall, the two faced each other on 50 occasions, with Djokovic leading 27-23 in the head-to-head.<\/p>\n

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