{"id":292690,"date":"2023-09-16T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292690"},"modified":"2023-09-16T12:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:04:34","slug":"novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt ‘energy shift’ as relationship soured"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic says Rafael Nadal’s energy towards him shifted when he began to start beating the Spaniard to major titles. During their early days, Djokovic would often mimick Nadal’s unique habits on the court.<\/p>\n

But as their rivalry grew and they began to compete in the latter stages of Grand Slams, Djokovic felt that Nadal was no longer liking his actions. During an extended interview with American legend John McEnroe, the Serbian said: “Early on in my career, when he was kicking my a** on the tennis court, he was ok with that, but when I started winning a few matches I felt like the energy shifted a bit.”<\/p>\n

Djokovic has established his place as the greatest player of all time after winning his 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open last week. The Serbian moved two Major honours above Nadal and three ahead of Roger Federer.<\/p>\n

However, reknown tennis coach Rennae Stubbs claims the 36-year-old will never be loved by fans as much as his biggest rivals.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

She said: “Djokovic’s numbers are just incredible and no matter how or what\u2026 he\u2019s very polarizing in a lot of ways to a lot of people, but for me, as a former pro and somebody who has watched this game for a really long time\u2026 You just have to marvel at his ability to just never quit and he\u2019s relentless.<\/p>\n

“I think Roger [Federer] and Rafa [Nadal] definitely personified wanting to win a lot but it\u2019s obsessive to Novak and you can see it. He wants to put the numbers up because he knows he\u2019s not gonna be as popular worldwide as Roger and Rafa.<\/p>\n

We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n

“I think I\u2019m right in saying that, it\u2019s just a fact. I think he wants to put the numbers up so much that \u2018Yes they may be more popular than me but I\u2019ll always be the greatest and I\u2019ll always have the numbers over them\u2019 and he doesn\u2019t care and I admire him for that.”<\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic says Rafael Nadal’s energy towards him shifted when he began to start beating the Spaniard to major titles. …<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNovak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Novak Djokovic says Rafael Nadal’s energy towards him shifted when he began to start beating the Spaniard to major titles. …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Novak-Djokovic-mocked-Rafa-Nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/\",\"name\":\"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tennis\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/tennis\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt ‘energy shift’ as relationship soured\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons","og_description":"Novak Djokovic says Rafael Nadal’s energy towards him shifted when he began to start beating the Spaniard to major titles. …","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Novak-Djokovic-mocked-Rafa-Nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/","name":"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt 'energy shift' as relationship soured - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-16T12:04:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-mocked-rafa-nadal-and-felt-energy-shift-as-relationship-soured\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tennis","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/tennis\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Novak Djokovic mocked Rafa Nadal and felt ‘energy shift’ as relationship soured"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}