Novak Djokovic is among the many players who oppose the terrible idea of Wimbledon banning tennis players from Russia and Belarus. The tennis world was shocked by the decision of the popular slam not to allow Russians in Belarusian to compete in its upcoming edition because of the insane war waged by Vladimir Putin on Ukrainian.
Therefore top players such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev will not be able to play the slam in the UK. Once a game, Novak Djokovic came into the defense of his fellow players even if their absence in Wimbledon would have announced his chances to win his 21st slam.
‘The decision of Wimbledon, I think it is crazy.’
On Wednesday in Belgrade, Novak Djokovic commented:
“I will always condemn war, I will never support war being myself a child of war. I know how much emotional trauma it leaves. In Serbia, we all know what happened in 1999. In the Balkans, we have had many wars in recent history.
However, I cannot support the decision of Wimbledon, I think it is crazy. The players, the tennis players, and the athletes have nothing to do with it. When politics interferes with sport, the result is not good.”
Djokovic in Belgrade, ranking, and results in 2022
WWWWWWLWWL Now the world no.1, the Serbian achieved a compiled 3-2 match record in 2022. Novak is currently having a run in Belgrade where he overcame Laslo Djere 2-6 7-66 7-64.
Novak Djokovic will come up against the world no.38 Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic.
Djokovic won 86 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 17 on clay courts, 14 on indoor courts and 7 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Daniil Medvedev in 2022
WWLWLWWWLW At the moment ranked no.2, Daniil played his last match on the 31st of March when he capitulated to world no.14 Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(7) 6-3 in the quarter in Miami (draw).
This year the Russian achieved a 16-5 match record. Daniil Medvedev’s best performance of this year was reaching the final at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev fought against each other 10 times. Their actual head to head record is 6-4 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time they played, Novak Djokovic won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters) in November 2021.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Andrey Rublev in 2022
Ranked no.8, Rublev played his last match on the 14th of April when he was defeated by world no.12 Jannik Sinner 5-7 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in Carlo Rolex Masters (draw).
Presently, during this year Andrey has a 19-5 record. The Russian conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Marseille and in Dubai.
Aslan Karatsev in 2022
Now the world no.30, Karatsev played his last match on the 12th of April when he lost to world no.72 Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Carlo Rolex Masters (draw).
This year Aslan has a 8-8 win-loss record. This year, Karatsev clinched 1 title in Sydney.
Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev played each other once. The head to head is 1-0 for Karatsev. When they played, Aslan Karatsev won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Dubai (Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships) in March 2021.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev |
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