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I am very happy to have the greatest player of all time [as] my mentor,” Medjedovic said when referring to Djokovic’s tutelage, according to Damian Kust. When Medjedovic’s father, Eldin, met with Djokovic, he was speechless after an extremely kind and generous gesture from Djokovic. When Djokovic put on paper what needed to be done to help Medjedovic take the next step in his career, Eldin Medjedovic told Djokovic that it costs a lot of money. Djokovic then said that he would be the one to cover all financial expenses in Medjedovic’s development. “Novak is trying very hard to help Hamad,” Eldin Medjedovic told Sportal. “He was giving me ideas, what to do with Hamad, and I remember saying to him: ‘Nole, I’m sorry, but everything costs money! He goes on, suggests a coach to me, talks about how we will do it, what we will do and adds:’ It’s Hamad who has to train, I’ll do the rest!’ I tell him again: ‘Nole, that costs money!”Novak Djokovic has been the great ruler of the last decade Novak Djokovic: ‘Because of it, I was retiring matches’ share World number one Novak Djokovic decided to hang up her racket after a string of tough losses in 2018.
Djokovic’s wife, Jelena Djokovic, recalled the difficult period and how Novak was put back on the court. In 2018, Djokovic underwent surgery in an attempt to heal the elbow injury that had troubled him for two years. The Serb took an extended six-month break in 2017 to recover from the elbow injury. However, he was still
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experiencing pain after his return to the tour in January 2018. He decided to take drastic action to treat his injury after his fourth-round loss at the Australian Open. He subsequently quickly returned to the tour after the surgery and experienced two first-round losses at the Indian Wells Masters and the Miami Open. Consequently, Novak decided to quit tennis and told his family that he would stop. “I don’t know if I’m going to stop for six months, a year or forever” – Novak Djokovic In an interview on
“In Depth with Graham Bensinger”, Jelena Djokovic recalled the time Serbian retired for almost 10 days. “He told me that he is resigning. He lost in Miami. It was a terrible loss and then she got together with everyone and said ‘guys I’m done’ and I was like what? He said yes,” Jelena said. “Then he told Eduardo that you can talk to my sponsors. I want to be clear with them. I don’t know if I will stop for six months, a year or forever. Just tell them that if they feel like staying, they can.”