‘One of the Best Places for Serbians to Perform’: Novak Djokovic Basks in Banja Luka Adulation

Novak Djokovic was clear that he needed to shortly transfer on from his third-round defeat at the Monte-Carlo Masters final week towards Lorenzo Musetti. The World No. 1 could have his likelihood to achieve this in Banja Luka and he’s enthusiastic about the match.

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The Serbian celebrity is the high seed this week at the Banja Luka Open. He defined in a press convention that he has loved the environment in Bosnia & Herzegovina since he first visited the nation greater than a decade in the past.

“It feels nice to be right here. I’ve been to Banja Luka a number of instances in the previous, as soon as to go to the president and to obtain a medal of honour after which the second time was in 2009, I performed with Viktor Troicki in an exhibition match in an indoor facility right here,” Djokovic stated.

“So I remember those couple of visits really fondly,” he added.

At apply on Monday, it was clear how thrilled the native followers had been to merely get a take a look at Djokovic. There was a giant crowd of followers behind the barricades to watch the Serbian put together for the ATP 250.

“The folks welcome me wholeheartedly with nice reception and a lot love and help. So I’m tremendous excited to be right here as a result of I believe it’s one of the greatest locations for us Serbian tennis gamers and athletes, in common, to give you the option to carry out the place we’ve got a lot love and help from native folks,” Djokovic said.

Despite his loss to Musetti, Djokovic has still enjoyed a good start to the season. The 35-year-old is 16-2 in 2023, including titles in Adelaide and at the Australian Open.

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Djokovic, a 93-time tour-level titlist, will reach 1,050 tour-level match wins this week if he advances to the final. Only four other men in the Open Era have made that milestone: Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,251), Rafael Nadal (1,068) and Ivan Lendl (1,068).

The 35-year-old will begin his tournament in Banja Luka against ‘NextGenATP’ Frenchman Luca Van Assche, who battled past World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4.

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