Djokovic on walking out with cancer survivor Joel before Quarter-Final win in Cincinnati: 'Those kinds of moments stay with him for a long time'

Novak Djokovic claimed victory over Pablo Carreno Busta on Thursday before reaching the semi-finals with a win over Lucas Pouille on Friday but one of the moments of the tournament came before the first tie.

Djokovic walked out with Joel, a cancer survivor with the World Number One inviting him to sit on his bench before the match against the Spaniard.

He spoke about it afterwards and admitted that moments like them stay with you for a long time and so he just wanted to make him feel as comfortable as possible. Djokovic added that for him it was a gesture to make him feel good as well.

“I met him just before we walked onto the court. He was actually holding my hand, I was walking with him on the court and I actually heard after the first set the speaker said he survived a neuroblastoma cancer when he was a 10-day-old baby and he was wearing a shirt [that said], ‘I Am A Champion’,” Djokovic said on Friday after advancing to the semi-finals.

“Those kinds of moments stay with him for a long time and I wanted to make him feel comfortable. I know what it means to him to be on the court and for me it was just a little bit of attention and a gesture to make him feel good.”

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