Fatherhood the secret of Djokovic's recent success


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 13 Jul 2015

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the trophy after winning his Men's Singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 12, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Armed with what Goran Ivanisevic calls a "Balkan mentality" and "positive arrogance", Novak Djokovic replaced the heartbreak of losing the French Open with the joy of hoisting the Wimbledon trophy in the space of just five weeks.

That "positive arrogance" has made Djokovic a formidable athlete who, rather than being distracted by the joys of married life and fatherhood, has become a human winning machine who keeps showing up come finals day.

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