The Serb is partnering long-time friend Carlos Gomez-Herrera, whom he first met in Spain almost a decade ago.
Ahead of their first-round encounter against Bosnia’s Tomislav Brkic and Serbia’s Nikola Cacic, Gomez-Herrera opened up on what it felt like to get the call from the World No. 1.
The pair competed in doubles together at the ATP 500 event in Dubai in 2014. Djokovic and Gomez-Herrera ended up losing their first match to Tomasz Bednarek and Lukas Dlouhy in a third-set tiebreaker.
Gomez-Herrera said he remembered that match very well.
“What stands out the most about Novak Djokovic is how transparent he is” - Carlos Gomez-Herrera
During the interview, Gomez-Herrera recalled his first training session with Novak Djokovic way back in 2010. The Spaniard said the one quality that stood out in the 19-time Grand Slam champion was his transparency.
Gomez-Herrera was also supportive of Novak Djokovic’s move to form the Professional Tennis Players’ Association (PTPA), a breakaway union independent of the ATP designed to protect the interests and rights of the players on tour.
Djokovic faced plenty of opposition at the time, including from long-time rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who said the move could create divisions in tennis.
But Gomez-Herrera pointed out that the Serb only had the players’ best interests in mind.
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