Showing posts with label Novak Djokovic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novak Djokovic. Show all posts

12 September 2016

The Latest: US Open champ Wawrinka notes 9/11 in victory

Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland, left, and Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, pose for a photo before playing in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in New York.
The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local):

8:45 p.m.

U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka took time out at the end of his victory speech to remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"It's been a big battle on the court ... four hours," Wawrinka told the crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium after defeating No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. "But I just want to remember what happened 15 years ago."

The Swiss Wawrinka's statement on court followed that of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who won the women's doubles title with Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, and appeared to choke up during her victory speech, telling the crowd: "It's a special day today here for everybody in New York."

1 February 2016

Djokovic names his 2016 goal the Djoker Slam

Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures as he answers questions at a press conference after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, early Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.
Novak Djokovic has a new goal for the year. He calls it the Djoker Slam.
The No. 1-ranked player has one thing missing from his fast-growing collection of 11 Grand Slam trophies.
"The French Open. It's the one I never won," Djokovic said early Monday, after winning his record sixth Australian Open, but already casting an eye toward Paris. "I'll try to put myself in a position to get that trophy."

11 July 2014

Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic gets married

In this Monday, July 8, 2013 file photo, Novak Djokovic, and Jelena Ristic arrive at a Gala dinner at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London, for the inaugural London fundraiser in aid of the Novak Djokovic Foundation. Novak Djokovic has tied the knot. The Wimbledon champion married his longtime girlfriend Jelena Ristic on Thursday, July 10 in an upscale resort on the Adriatic coast in Montenegro. Local media say the couple held a private ceremony, attended by family, friends and guests, but away from public eye. Authorities in Montenegro have sealed off Milocer and Sveti Stefan resorts to grant privacy. Djokovic and Ristic first met in high school. They have been a couple for more than eight years and are expecting their first child.
Four days after winning Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic has married his pregnant fiancee in a private ceremony in Montenegro.

7 July 2014

What a final! Djokovic tops Federer at Wimbledon

Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a return to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday July 6, 2014.
Novak Djokovic's large lead in the rollicking Wimbledon final was slipping away, due in no small part to Roger Federer's regal presence and resurgent play.

No man has won tennis' oldest major tournament more often than Federer, and he was not about to let it go easily. Djokovic went from being a point from victory in the fourth set to suddenly caught in the crucible of a fifth, and knew all too well that he had come up short in recent Grand Slam title matches.