(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Novak Djokovic never ceases to amaze and excite his fans. In the 2023 edition of the Roland Garros, the Serbian player beat all the competition on the ATP circuit and became the Paris champion for the third time in his career.
The victory, respecting all the favors of the forecast, obtained in the final against the Norwegian Casper Ruud, will remain indelible in Nole’s mind, who started the great celebrations at the end of the match for this incredible goal.
The 36-year-old cheered after the match point, then ran to embrace the whole team that followed him step by step in these very intense two weeks. The Belgrade native received many compliments after his success at the Roland Garros, which led him to overtake Rafael Nadal in the ranking dedicated to Grand Slam titles.
Novak Djokovic celebrates in Paris, between tears, hugs and emotion
Djokovic has currently won the two most prestigious tournaments of the 2023 season and is therefore still in the running for the Calendar Grand Slam, which would materialize if he managed to triumph at both Wimbledon and the US Open.
During the award ceremony he declared: “I am happy to share this very special day of my life with you. It is no coincidence that I won my 23rd Grand Slam right here, this tournament has always been the most difficult throughout my career .
I thank my team and all my family, you know very well the problems we have been through, you know how difficult I can be and we can say that you are my rock, never stop believing in me.” Here is the video released by the official profile of the French tournament on Twitter.
Idemoooo ð·ð¸ð¥³#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/6YNsW76vE9 — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 11, 2023
The Serbian champion, intervened after the match and commented the challenge to Eurosport microphones: “I try to speak in French, I want to thank everyone for a truly special and wonderful atmosphere.
I am happy to share this very special day of my life with you. It’s no coincidence that I won my 23rd Grand Slam right here, this tournament has always been the hardest throughout my career. I am proud and happy to be on this field, which is really special for me.
Thanks to Casper for the nice words, you are one of the best people on the circuit, one with a beautiful character and everyone on the circuit loves you. I wanted to say this first, it’s important nowadays to know that a person has the right values, even your family has always been kind to me and you deserve great respect for that.
I’m sorry for today’s result, it’s not the best way to finish the tournament but you’ve had two exceptional years, you’re one of the most consistent tennis players in recent years, three Grand Slam finals in recent tournaments and I wish you all the best.
I hope you win with everyone but me.”
