BELGRADE (Reuters) – The challenges Novak Djokovic faced in his childhood and throughout his career helped the 34-year-old Serb in his bid to become the greatest tennis player of all time, his former mentor Niki Pilic told Reuters. “You can’t tell someone’s limits when they are just teenagers but doing things the hard way has definitely made Djokovic tougher,” Pilic told Reuters in a telephone interview shortly before the Serb’s win over Zverev. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-djokovic-interview-idUSKBN0LX1Q120150301For all his accomplishments on court, Djokovic has never enjoyed the same global popularity among tennis fans as Federer and Nadal. “Djokovic is not everyone’s cup of tea because he comes from a small country and is hence not appreciated enough by droves of Anglo-American and European tennis fans,” Pilic said. I’m going to treat the next match like it is the last match of my career,” he said.

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