Novak Djokovic’s uncle Goran Djokovic was on Friday appointed president of the Serbian tennis federation with the ambition of building a national training centre.
Previously federation vice-president, Goran Djokovic has also been involved in organising ATP tournaments in Belgrade and Sofia.
My goal is to keep improving what we’ve started, with finances being the key.
“We don’t have our own facilities, we don’t have a National Training Centre, and I want to resolve that.
I wouldn’t have even run for this position if we didn’t have the full support of the president of Serbia.”
Former world number one Novak Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam trophies.
The 37-year-old, who won Olympic gold in Paris, is currently ranked fourth in the world.
Superlatives can often be overused in sport. Pedestrian results may be labelled “great” and every superstar athlete is adorned with the “GOAT” title.
Yet, every so often, a performance comes along that has shredded the competition and deserves all the hype and hyperbole it can gather.
India’s run at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest — historic, course-altering double gold medals — by the Open and women’s teams is just that.
India defeated Slovenia 3.5-0.5 in Round 11 on Sunday to win the gold in the Open section by two match points.
Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa found wins while Vidit Gujrathi drew his game.
It’s not the medal alone, but the manner in which it was won — stomping and flattening all in their path.
India lost just one game out of 44 over 11 rounds in a show of complete domination.
