Did Djokovic's mom really, REALLY utter the words "The king is dead"???...?

Question

... after Djokovic beat Federer in the '08 Aussie Open???

http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/djokovic-family-rejoices-after-clown-prince-novak-dethrones-king-roger/2008/01/28/1201369037088.html

I guess this must be old news to most of you, but I never knew the woman was so classless!

No wonder Djokovic cannot bear to suffer a loss to "the king"!

Answer 1

She must be living entirely on her son's earnings so she has to do everything from being classless to being utterly cheap or else Novak will kick her out. Besides, she gets media attention for being a quitter's mom.

Answer 2

II'm Serbian, and I have to say.

No it was not fair what she did say.

I aggree a lack of class we can all miss as Humans.

I think she shouldn't of said that because just as easy the Djoker won, hecould've lost!

I'm a fan of Djoker and Federer and Federer always shows good sportmaship so I don't think she should've of uttered those words.

Haha, also, I llike your last line. :p

Phil.

Answer 3

im not sure

Answer 4

Classless braggarts...including "baby" Novak.

Answer 5

Thanks for posting that QNA...

I can't BELEIVE how tacky and tasteless those folks are.  It's a credit to Federer that he was able to restrain himself to only tell them to "be quiet."

No class...

Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with being loyal to her son but there is everything wrong with being tasteless and classless (i can see where Novak gets his reasoning from)................   i really don't like Novak it think he is too arrogant ..... i don't expect myself to be objective where he is concerned but it was still very rubbish of her....

Answer 7

What's wrong if she has a partisan loyalty to her son?

*EDIT*

But I guess, to publicly declare "the king is dead" is not in good taste. It's not fitting with tennis protocol. A few years ago when Nadal was leading Federer 6-1 on head to head, Tony Nadal insisted that Federer was the better player. I guess he didn't want to get the Fed man angry. It's up to Federer to respond, and let his tennis do the talking.