Novak Djokovic talks love-hate relationship with French Open fans, Rafael Nadal & keeping motivated 

Very interesting to see how he speaks of Nadal and their encounters. The great Novak Djokovic 👏

Could listen to Novak speak all day. What a champion

What a legend Djoker. His words about Rafa were really genuine and while he knows he has surpassed Rafa he never forgets to pay tributes to him

I love how he gets a grim smile talking about playing Nadal. Absolutely they made each other better,what a rivalry!

Always excellent intelligent replies from a worthy record holder world no 1

Love Nole he is a gentleman and extremely knowledgeable about the sport he plays so well. Great ambassador.

Eloquent.

I dont see how Federer and Nadal were biggest rivals. NO! They faced each other 40 times. Nadal and Djokovic faced 59 times.

You are the greatest athlete in history of the world!

I'm a Rafa fan, but Nole is deserving of as much respect as him and Roger, for his love of sport, for his great results, for his mental strenght & for changing tennis for the better. I wish people could give all three the due respect & love.

always respectful to Nadal, and a shame I can't say the other way around.

It reflects poorly on the tournament if you allow people in the crowd to insult and heckle the players. I agree that those people should be removed from the premises.

This was one of the most interesting and insightful talks I have heard him give. Always been very genuine and gives credit where credit is due. Hard not to like Novak even more so in his latter portion of his career.

I know, I know, there will always be the " only GS matter", but for me, what is going around and behind it is also very important. For someone who has spent as no.1 FOUR(4 yrs.) more than Nadal, 2 1/2 yrs. more than Sampras, and 2 yrs. more than Federer, number of wins at GS tournaments is the next all time record where I have my eyes set on. Currently Djokovic has 94 wins both at AO and RG, and " only" 88 at USO.If he could finish his career with at least 95 wins from all four GS tournaments, that would be another record that might not be broken in our lifetimes. At 37, Djokovic will not be able to dominate overwhelmingly like he did in the past, but here and there he might be able to add a gem or two and finish his brilliant legacy on his terms, when he feels comfortable to enter the next chapter of his life.

Always same questions for him, maybe each day and he still remains decent in his answers.

GOAT OF TENNIS 🐐🐐🐐

Maybe some answers are too long but I imagine journalists much appreciate his press conferences, as well as Murray and Nadal. Excellent answers reflecting a likely high IQ.

True class … that is Novak

99% of native English speakers cannot speak English as well as Novak

No matter how sour Nadal is, he's always so humble and respectful towards him. This should show you who really is humble and who is not.

G O A T

Why do reporters always seem so disrespectful with their questions?!!! You're talking to a number 1 of all times in Tennis!!! 😑

I agree with nole... That semifinal 2013 was one of the best matches I've ever witnessed... Both peaked regardless who won.... It takes 2 to tango and those two gave us epic epic matches. Thank you for that, Rafa and Nole.

Always genuinely praising Nadal, but Nadal being cocky to him. And people still don’t recognise the better human. Establishments did a great job to brainwash mindless people.

Novak Djokovic is undoubtedly the GOAT loved and respected worldwide for his brilliance and his oh so genuine caring ways, totally and utterly unique,

novak became a really nice person with the years. GOAT for sure

Total respect for Novak. He's the GOAT of tennis and he's an outstanding person. But I love Rafa.

A true gentleman!!!! He once said that he always thinks that they are always cheering for him when there not!!! But when someone heckles like this guy keeps doing it, they should have kicked him out

Congratulations Novak, you’re a real superstar 💫

A true gentlemen all the way. Play well, and hopefully another title in two weeks times.

Rafa and Federer gave each other permission to beat one another… I believe that neither accepts defeat to Novak very well!

It's unfortunate that the French fans behaved so stupidly. They forget that their players have to play in other countries and the other countries don't treat them with disrespect.

What an honor and privilege to witness one of the best athletes ever 🐐🐐🐐🐐👑👑👑👑

NOLE you rock,an amazing athlete and a super great guy,you never abuse,or denigrate combatants or supporters ever,you are a true sportsman ,LOVE AND SUPPORT ALWAYS

Bravo,👍😊🎉💯✔️ Nole.Svaka čast.

As a Rafa fan, it's awesome to hear Novak's perspective on Rafa's evolution as a player, for example, how Rafa strengthened his backhand to become a serious weapon in the latter stages of his career - no doubt a necessary adaptation to the pressure that Novak exerted on that wing for so many years (especially 2011-2016) through his own very effective DTL backhand that would defensively corner Rafa's backhand, allowing Novak to then attack Rafa's wide open forehand side. Both players made each other much better through multiple momentum swings and back-and-forth iterations in their rivalry over the decades. Novak's respect for Rafa is heartwarming (as is Rafa's for Novak); it's a shame their fanbases are often so disrespectful towards one another.

King of tennis crediting king of clay 👌 King being grateful and humble and that weasel always finds gripe everytime bcoz GOAT overtook him 🤨🤦‍♂️ After 2019 rafa is not the same rafa i have known since i first saw him in 2005. 🤷‍♂️

I am a Nadal fan but I totally fail to understand the vitriol aimed against Novak. He is very eloquent, funny and respectful and articulate. Why cant everyone just get along. Once he is gone, we will miss him!

ALL-TIME MEN’S GRAND SLAM RECORDS: Most titles: Djokovic, 24 (next: Nadal, 22) Most finals: Djokovic, 36 (next: Federer, 31) Most semifinals: Djokovic, 48 (next: Federer, 46) Most quarterfinals: Djokovic, 59 (next: Federer, 58) Most wins: Djokovic, 370 (next: Federer, 369)

The Conversation about the behavior of the crowd is straightforward. Opposing fans engage in heckling, dissenting, taunting, sabotaging, and deriding the opponent during the game; It's very different than supporting your favorites. This kind of bad behavior typical of people who feel inferior is often seen in clubs and matches where parents of losers verbally bully their kids' opponents. It is never been tolerated in tennis and should be tolerated today.

Novak never said anything bad about Nadal or Federer. That is why Novak is goat.There is god .

Novak -ALWAYS RESPECTFUL TOWARDS HIS GREATEST OPPONENT- SUCH A CLASS....

Novak the great. He has one hand on the trophy. 😉

I like how he’s starting to show more respect to Nadal. Hopefully Nadal sees that and they can be friends. Always wanted him to be homies with Nadal and Federer but it all comes down to giving the right amount of respect at the right time n

Novaks 2021 RG match against Nadal represents the highest level of tennis i have ever witnessed

Yet Nadal nor Fed will ever do the same for him

THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

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Winning against Nadal in his Prime on RG which was over 10 years was the hardest feat in all sports.

Most people think the French fans are disrespectful, disgusting, rude & an ugly part of the sport. I just think they are passionate.

We all know how unfair its been

Love Nole💕💪🏾👍🏽👏🏽🎾

Novak the greatest sportsman in the world along with messi, muhommad ali

Djokovic’s grand slam record will be broken by Carlos Alcaraz in 2033.

No one goat in any sport cant be higer poliglot like novak man who speak over 15-16 language perfect for example messi played in europe 25 years and stil speak only spanish nadal who won 13 time rolan garos and played over 16 years on garos only speak spanish he know only to say hello on french for over 24 year profesional carer imagine how many big sportman cant leran more than one language

@FrenchOpensFans I don't know why you guys bother to try and get #Djokovic off his game. Don't you guys know by now, it fuels him every time you go even harder! Keep that same energy when the #GOAT takes care of all your FAVS.

Novak will break 2 records this tournament...Federers 369 slam match wins a d Federers most QF slams which is 58

It's funny that the fans at the French Open are the loudest. Don't the French usually complain about loud American tourists?

nobody in the comments got his joke about "no boob" and his cheeky smile 🤣🤣

Come to Melbourne. We have cheering fair fans here… and if you show inappropriate excessive barracking… you immediately get escorted out of the venue !

Novak goes and watches a Nadal match - the GOAT of tennis watching on instead kf resting, training, whatever and Nadal, rather than being gracious, just says "its normal". Have a little tact and gratitude, man!

The French are very intelligent. They know BS when they see it. They never took to Lance Armstrong because they could see he was a cheater, and that's the exact same reason they despise Djokovic. He's not stupid, he knows what time it is.

Passionate fans? When Iga was demolishing a French player in the first round, the audience was OK and she had no reason to complain. When she was playing Osaka, part of the audience (minority) behaved like a bunch of drunk rowdies at a football match, screaming and yelling regardless of who was winning or losing. They didn't seem to care about the score or tennis in general. Admission is very expensive so why do they come at all?

Federer was a weak opponent for HIM

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Der Kommentator im Live Match gegen Musetti... unterstellt Djokovic einen schlechten Karakter......und darum sollte Eurosport auch mal darüber nachdenken solche Menschen die andere schlecht machen einfach mal vor die Tür setzten..,....wie kann man einen 24 fachen GS Sieger eine schlechten Karakter in der Live Sendung unterstellen man man man das war bei 3 Satz 1 /1 und 40 beide.

for every rafatard who was claiming nadals peak was 2007-2013😂😂😂

If only rafa had an elite all court game (no disrespect he was great but wasn't elite), he would be a greater competition to THE GOATkovic. He just wasnt any closer to GOATkovic on non clay. Only close game was 2018 wimby sf but GOATkovic was only returning to form that very tournament. But for that, he has been GOAT'S pigeon sadly. Clay was fun though.

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"Kind of NEWAUTRUAL" 😅

Smbd paid 200 euros for screaming monkeys. Fact. Who is it?

Nadal still cant speak English 😅

Federer

He really believes he is so important because of his languages there are many people as intelligent but ar not pompous so sad he needs so much attention the player is there to play he gets payed for it it’s a job he does well every other player just gets on with nothing to prove so confusing what does he want everybody to agree with him so what does it matter whom he plays nobody else goes on about other players he doesn’t know everything it’s life just accept it

If Nadal was his greatest rival, Federer is greatest nemesis… Djoker jealousy was through the roof..

Nole, you forgot to mention your Father, Federer

GOATdal is his daddy😂 he doesn’t want to say it but we all know nobody else made him cry so much 😂😂😂 Weakvak is so luckovic that GOATdal was hurt half their careers.

I don’t hate novak , but he’s not the greatest.

Obviously because he is jealous of fed

I think you are great! I will always be for you in a match! 🏸

Its not only how much he remembers, but how he puts the entire thing with history and analysis is awesome. He has always been articulate whenever he speaks.

As they edge to the end, it's more and more apparent they all needed each other to reach that level they would of never needed to unlock and it produced some godly tennis. I'm old, their old. Djokovic is a lot younger than me, he turning 36 or he 36? But thank you Roger/Rafa/Novak as a tennis fan.

I used to like Nadal until he told Novak to get vaxed even thought he had vaccine exemption. Also recently nadal said Novak is goat only because he pushed hard coming from nadal who plays with injections. Still nadal was Less salty then roger .

So much insight and wise in those words about nadal... This guys know each other like parts of their own body

It’s sad to see the big 3 gone. That said it was great that they played during our time 🎾

Much respect for this great man/player . .imo the GOAT (in saying that, i have thought the same of Rafa and Roger at different stages of their own careers lol)