A little something for the Nole fans

Nice little comment in tonight's London Evening Standard:

Glad Novak's back playing the Djoker
Novak Djokovic seems to have his mojo back. The Serb has looked out of sorts during the clay and grass-court seasons but at the US Open he seems to be in high spirits again. So far he has entertained crowds by dirty dancing with a lawnmower and inviting a young man who shouted "will you marry me" at him from the sidelines to come down onto the court and have a serve. This is the Djoker we love to love. Everyone else, beware.

Evening Standards, wow, Nole's making huge strides towards becoming a household name in the land that follows tennis two weeks a year!

Except, that Nole never lost his mojo: just because he loses a final/match now and then to Rog does not mean a thing....he's not bothered about those peanuts tournaments, slams only

I can't believe it, Petzner did NOT make a comeback in the 5th

oooops, wrong thread

noleisthebest wrote:Evening Standards, wow, Nole's making huge strides towards becoming a household name in the land that follows tennis two weeks a year!

That's what surprised me! I like the fact it's now assumed the general public are aware of him!

I've noticed American media have considerably softened towards him, as if they finally began to realise which side their bread was being buttered.....makes me sick a bit after all he had to put up with, main thing is he's still happy because of it.
I think a lot of people like him as he is not difficult to like compared to some who can barely string a sentence in English

The thing is, Nole is almost too eager to please, and people read it the wrong way. I wish he was more arrogant when it comes to that, eg that "proposal" incident. Try to imagine what Federer or Nadal would have done...I think they'd've ignored the kid, I wish he did the same...but then, that's him

noleisthebest wrote:I've noticed American media have considerably softened towards him, as if they finally began to realise which side their bread was being buttered.....makes me sick a bit after all he had to put up with, main thing is he's still happy because of it.
I think a lot of people like him as he is not difficult to like compared to some who can barely string a sentence in English

The thing is, Nole is almost too eager to please, and people read it the wrong way. I wish he was more arrogant when it comes to that, eg that "proposal" incident. Try to imagine what Federer or Nadal would have done...I think they'd've ignored the kid, I wish he did the same...but then, that's him

Nitb, I totally agree.

I only hope that the fans will not disrupt Nole with similar incidents next, that is dangerous for him. He should be careful that this can turn out against hime,when playing close matches.

I think that during that match it was

noleisthebest wrote:

The thing is, Nole is almost too eager to please, and people read it the wrong way. I wish he was more arrogant when it comes to that, eg that "proposal" incident. Try to imagine what Federer or Nadal would have done...I think they'd've ignored the kid, I wish he did the same...but then, that's him

Serious??!! I have no doubt that Fed and Nadal would have done the same. Nadal even got kissed by a male fan during a match! And Roger got harassed by a supporter in one of his most important slam final (the FO) and neither reacted negatively....so a kid in a training session would have been treated differently? no I don't think so.

Fans keep looking for ways to show love for their player. . Only once I've seen a player reacted negatively to an intruder in a match. It was Andrew Symonds and at Gabba. Watch it here, its very funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWOk6slU_Y