Джоковичу предлагали сдать матч на турнире в Санкт-Петербурге

Третий номер мирового рейтинга серб Новак Джокович заявил, что в прошлом году ему предлагали проиграть на турнире «Санкт-Петербург Оупен» матч первого круга за 110 тысяч фунтов стерлингов, сообщает Sky News. Джокович категорически отказался и даже не приехал на турнир.

Слова Джоковича вызвали заинтересованность у руководства АТР, которое объявило о борьбе с договорными матчами. Напомним, что ситуация с подпольными ставками на матчи всплыла в августе, когда на турнире в Сопоте россиянин Николай Давыденко неожиданно уступил аргентинцу Мартину Вассальо Аргуэльо. Ставки на этот матчи в десятки раз превышали обычные ставки на поединки такого уровня.

Djokovic an inspiration for Serbs

Driven by his own early struggle, budding tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is determined to pave the way for a brighter future for other Serbian youngsters.

At considerable personal cost, the 20-year-old's family invited 50 underprivileged Kosovo-Serb children to Belgrade at the weekend to be courtside as Djokovic led his tiny country into the Davis Cup World Group for the first time with a playoff win over Australia.

Djokovic said he was deeply aware of his importance as a role model for the nation's next generation as tennis continues to flourish in Serbia on the back of his stunning successes and those of fellow top-five stars Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic.

"It is great to see first of all somebody that you grew up with doing so well, meaning I am thinking about these two girls Ana and Jelena and, of course, (Davis Cup teammate) Janko (Tipsarevic)," Djokovic said.

"Looking at the past, Serbia doesn't have such a big tennis tradition. So, for me personally, it was very difficult for me to develop into a professional tennis player.

"Because of that experience and because I went all the way through, I know how it feels like and we are trying to do our best to help those kids.

"For the people in Kosovo, everybody knows what big problems they have and this (gesture) is something from my heart which I wanted to do to help them and make them happier."

In a watershed year for Serbian tennis, Djokovic and Ivanovic both reached their maiden grand slam finals - Djokovic losing to world No.1 Roger Federer at this month's US Open and Ivanovic falling to No.1 Justin Henin at the French Open in June.

Between them, Djokovic, Ivanovic, 19, and Jankovic, 22, have featured in six grand slam semi-finals and accrued a total of 10 titles on the ATP and WTA tours.

And now Serbia has won entry to the Davis Cup's elite, 16-nation World Group.

"I know tennis is a big interest, especially after the results we have made in the last two years - not just me - but the girls," Djokovic said.

"Everybody wants to play tennis. Everybody wants to watch tennis."

Indeed.

Everyone wanted a piece of the Monte Carlo-based Djokovic during his week back home in Belgrade, where also girls have pictures of the glamorous and successful Ivanovic as screen savers on their mobile phones.

The tennis trailblazers are feted like rock stars in their homeland, as proven when tens of thousands crammed into the city's main square to hail the trio after their French Open heroics.

That's why Djokovic and his humble family want to give something back.

Djokovic's father Srdjan, a pizza and pancake restaurant owner, spoke passionately on the eve of the Cup tie with Australia about inspiring more Serbian children to take up the sport, while Djokovic's uncle Goran is planning to build a major tennis complex in Belgrade.

"That's what we are intending to do, to help those kids try to make their way to the professional tennis easier," Djokovic said.

"One of the things which we're trying to do is build up a national tennis centre of the family Djokovic."

Equally ambitious is Serbian captain Bogdan Abradovic, who is striving to build a national team capable of winning the Davis Cup around Djokovic.

"I want to put Serbia on top of the world rankings," he said. "You will see in a few years."

Australian captain John Fitzgerald said the Serbs had every right to be optimistic.

"I think they're one of the teams with enough quality to really give it a shake, absolutely," Fitzgerald said.

"When you've got a player of Novak's class. He's the real deal, no question about that. He's potentially a great player.

"If he's committed to the team format ... they've got a good doubles team and they've got a high-quality second singles player.

"But you do need some luck. Any team that wins the Davis Cup needs a bit of luck because the variable draws you can get.

"The home-and-away format, you need to get a bit of luck. You can have a great team and still not win it.

"But who knows how long it might be before they put themselves in a position (to win it)."

If things happen as quickly in 2008 as they did in 2007 for Djokovic, it may even be next year for the fast-emerging Serbs.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

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А еще передача с Джоком.Правда на сербском
Часть первая
Часть вторая

мне нравится плюш у него на голове :pooh_lol:

Новак бородку отрастил

:pooh_lol: не,ну там ж нереальный хвостик будет...
А тебе бородка не нравится что ли? :girl_sad:

Сафинааааааа,да?))