Serbian
President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that the museum to honour the services
of legendary tennis star
Novak Djokovic will begin soon. The 37-year-old is already
regarded as the greatest player in the history of men’s tennis in the singles
category in the Open era.
Djokovic recently
participated in the Paris Olympics, where he cemented his legacy even further.
The former world number one ended up completing his trophy cabinet after winning
the gold medal for his country after beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the
final in straight sets with a score of 7-6, 7-6. After the triumph, Djokovic
burst into tears of joy and showed how much it meant to him to achieve
something which was missing from his trophy cabinet.
Serbia’s
President Vucic was recently quoted in a report where he revealed that a museum
the honour services of Djokovic will start constructing very soon. He also stated that a player of Djokovic’s calibre deserves a museum, just like there is a museum in Mallorca to pay tribute to Spain’s legendary tennis star Rafael Nadal. “Palma (de
Mallorca) has a museum dedicated to Rafael Nadal,” he said. “We will aim to
appropriately showcase the contributions Djokovic has made to our country and
at the same time attract tourists. Novak is greater than Nadal in this
magnificent sport. I don’t know if you know how popular he is, not just here.”
Djokovic’s
win in the Paris Olympics was even more significant as just a few weeks back, he
suffered a serious knee injury while playing at the same venue during the
French Open, just before the start of the quarterfinal against Norway’s Casper
Ruud. It was for this reason that he was forced to withdraw from the mega-event and had to undergo surgery. However, Djokovic not only returned to the court soon after but also went all the way to the final of Wimbledon, where he lost to Alcaraz in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2, 7-6.