The image of this young man overjoyed when he receives the racket from Novak Djokovic just crowned at Roland Garros has been around social networks.
At the end of this long match in five sets, including the first two lost by the world number one, the Serbian goes to the stands and offers a young boy surrounded by his family, his racket.
Not believing his eyes, the youngster is overjoyed, jumps and brandishes this racket like a real trophy.
A moment out of time, as the organizers were busy setting up the podium.
Its communicative happiness will soon be shared everywhere.
"I wanted to give the racket to the best person, that is to say him" explains Djokovic
After the ceremony, Novak Djokovic explained his gesture towards his chief supporter in a press conference: “
I do not know this boy. He was in my ears the whole game, especially when I was behind two sets to zero. He encouraged me. He also gave me tactics.
"The world number one even grants that this youngster had an impact on his match and that he therefore wanted to thank him:"
He said to me: "Keep your serve, take an easy first ball, then impose yourself, goes on his back ". He literally coached me. I found it very cute, very sweet. So, I wanted to give the racquet to the best person, which is him, after the game. It was kind of my gratitude that he stayed with me and that
he supported me. "
If the Serbian tennis player stacks up the records, becoming in particular the only player of the Open era to win the four Majors at least twice and winning his 19th Grand Slam title there, he will also have made a (very) happy in Paris this Sunday . For images that will be remembered in this 2021 edition.
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