Novak Djokovic certainly hadn’t planned for his year 2022 to turn out like this. The Serbian champion was supposed to ride on the competition and overtake his two lifelong rivals, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, in the ranking of the most successful Grand Slam players. Except that none of this happened and after being expelled from the territory in Australia, for lack of a valid vaccination passport, he was struck down by the Spaniard in his garden at Roland-Garros and the latter now has 22 Grand Slam titles against 20 for the 35-year-old sportsman.
Wimbledon is therefore the perfect opportunity for Jelena Djokovic’s husband to return to his direct competitor and his match today against his compatriot Kecmanovic already promises to be decisive. If his great rival Rafael Nadal has just announced that he was going to be a father for the first time, Novak Djokovic has been a father for many years. With his wife, they have two adorable children, Stefan (7 years old) and Tara (4 years old) and the eldest already seems ready to take over from his illustrious dad! The official Wimbledon Instagram account shared a comparative photo between the two that made the buzz.
Like father, like son: Novak and Stefan identical!
In the photo posted online yesterday, we can see Novak Djokovic and his son Stefan as they kick the ball and the gesture of father and son is very similar. We can also see that the young boy has grown well and he has everything from the perfect little budding tennis player! “Tennis? Child’s play. It seems that Stefan is not very far from old Djok”, launches the Wimbledon Instagram account in a humorous tone. A fun comparison and one that the Serbian’s fans really liked as the post garnered more than 195,000 likes. Former tennis star Marion Bartoli and her husband Yahya Boumediene also commented by sending many heart emojis to the champion and his son.