Boris Becker reveals shocking details on Novak Djokovic’s most painful

We all know how much pride Novak Djokovic has when he has to represent his beloved Serbia in official competitions. I don’t need to repeat it: in some specific moments of his career – such as the Olympics – Nole has never been able to perform at his best, also because of the expectations and pressure he had to deal with in those moments. After all, representing your country is an honor and a burden.

In a recent interview, his former coach Boris Becker revealed a particular anecdote regarding the Rio Olympics, in 2016, when Andy Murray won his 2nd consecutive gold medal. In that Olympic tournament, Djokovic was defeated in the 1st round by Juan Martin del Potro in two sets. Nole on that occasion ended up in tears for the great disappointment. Becker said that after that defeat, for a few days, you couldn’t talk to Djokovic because he was so heartbroken.

“Nole has achieved so many great victories in his career, but you could see the disappointment. He showed how proud he is to be Serbian. He loves his country more than anything in the world and that’s why these Olympics will be so important to him. Then he lost to Juan Martin Del Potro in the first round and you couldn’t talk to him for the first few days because he was heartbroken. It was one of the biggest disappointments of his career, but that’s how it is,” said Becker, as reported by puntodebreak.com.

In the meantime, the Serbian champion, fresh from the Wimbledon final and about to compete in the Paris Olympics, has achieved a new sensational record. This is the number of weeks in which a tennis player has remained in the top-3 of the ATP ranking: Djokovic has surpassed his rival Roger Federer in this statistic. The Swiss Maestro is at 750 weeks, a threshold now reached by Nole. On the podium, of course, there is also Rafael Nadal with 686 weeks. In exactly seven days, when the curtain will have already risen for the Paris 2024…