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The life of Novak Djokovic
Brut America
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6/5/2019
He's the world's number one tennis player. Today, his opposition to vaccination cost him his chance to play at the Australian Open, as he faces deportation.
This is the story of Novak Djokovic.
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I do feel young, I do feel fresh, I do feel fit.
00:04
I don't think about age, I don't think about any limits.
00:19
They talk about mandatory vaccination,
00:22
whether it will be, when it will be.
00:24
They talk about the vaccine coming in 18 months.
00:30
This is where I had some of my first tennis hits.
00:52
The holes that you see in the walls are the consequence of the bombs during bombings.
01:00
I was born and raised in a small but proud country that has gone through difficult times
01:19
in the last decades.
01:21
It was during that period of hardship that sports became an integral part of my life.
01:28
Nothing changed for me when I saw Pete Sampras triumph at Wimbledon.
01:33
He became my idol.
01:35
I dreamt of being just like him, the number one tennis player in the world.
01:58
I dreamt of being just like him, the number one tennis player in the world.
02:18
Obviously, 2011 has been the best year so far in my career and it's going to be very
02:38
difficult to repeat what I have done.
02:42
But look, I've done it once, why not twice?
02:48
I believe that we as tennis players, as athletes who are part of such a global sport, need
03:04
to feel responsibility to return to the people who need help, especially kids, and to contribute
03:12
to the social programs as much as we can.
03:26
Right now, I'm trying to take the free time out of the official season, without any tournaments
03:34
in these few weeks, and to come here in Serbia to visit my family and close friends, and
03:39
of course be a part of humanitarian work that is very important to me and my career.
03:58
Being a role model for my children brings more responsibility also on the tennis court
04:04
for me, because I know that they will be more aware watching.
04:34
Believing that higher energy in the soul is going to give you the right answer, because
04:58
essentially we all are looking for love, happiness, and harmony.
05:11
It's been 12 months ago on the surgery table, so I hope that that was the last surgery that
05:22
I ever had.
05:23
For several months I was experiencing some really challenging and difficult moments mentally
05:31
on the court, where I was questioning everything and really doubting as well.
05:53
We were discussing about the US Open and Cincinnati before, and obviously the measures
06:07
there are completely different from here, so it's very difficult to compare.
06:12
You can't compare it.
06:43
The only for me clear thing is, if you are vaccinated, you can play in the Australian
06:58
Open and everywhere.
06:59
The world, in my opinion, has been suffering enough to not follow the rules.
07:12
If he's not vaccinated, he must provide acceptable proof that he cannot be vaccinated for medical
07:23
reasons.
07:24
If that evidence is insufficient, then he won't be treated any different to anyone else,
07:28
and he'll be on the next plane home.
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