Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal enjoy one of the greatest rivalries in tennis history. Djokovic’s son Stefan is embracing tennis and interesting enough, Nadal is his favorite player. Stefan loves imitating Rafa’s trademark forehand with the follow-through going over his head.
Nevertheless, Djokovic is not entirely happy with Stefan ending his forehand over the head and he has been trying to teach him the “textbook movement.” However, Nole confessed that his son loves making fun of his dad, ending his forehand like Rafa.
Djokovic commented:
“He likes to do that. He likes to intimidate me on the court with finishing the swing here. He knows I don’t like that particularly. I’m trying to teach him to finish the hand here, the swing, over the shoulder.
He does that, but he does this as well. Whenever he does that he always laughs because he knows. We have these kinds of funny moments on the court.”
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Next vs. Jannik Sinner
Djokovic will face Jannik Sinner for a place in the Wimbledon semifinal on Tuesday.
Djokovic in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWLWLWWW Ranked world no.3, the Serbian achieved a compiled 20-5 match record in 2022. The Serbian is playing at the moment in Wimbledon where he overcame Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-4 6-2, Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0 6-3 6-4 and Tim Van Rijthoven 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2.
Novak Djokovic will square off with the world no.13 Jannik Sinner in the quarter on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic.
Djokovic clinched 1 title in 2022 in Rome. The Serbian got to the final in Belgrade (Serbia Open).
Djokovic won 87 titles in his career: 48 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 14 on indoor courts and 7 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Nadal in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently ranked no.4, Nadal has a 34-3 record in 2022. Rafael is currently playing in Wimbledon where he managed to beat Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4, Richard Berankis 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-3, Lorenzo Sonego 6-1 6-2 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-4 6-2 7-66.
Rafael Nadal will fight against the world no.14 Taylor Fritz in the quarter. Their record is 1-1.
Rafael has won 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, at the Australian Open, in Acapulco and at the French Open. The Spaniard was the finalist in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open).
Rafael won 92 titles in his career: 24 on hard courts, 63 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played each other 59 times. Their record is 30-29 for Djokovic. Before, the last time they played, Rafael Nadal won 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6(4) in the quarter in Paris (French Open) on the 31st of May 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
