November Chris Oddo 11/22/2017

Watch: Djokovic Describes His Experience with Syrian Refugees in Tears

In a recent appearance on the Lewis Howes School of Greatness Podcast, Novak Djokovic joins to discuss many topics, including his philanthropic aspirations, his wife Jelena’s impact on his life, how he fell in love with tennis and his compassion for the human plight.It’s a great interview and we highly recommend that you watch it in its entirety, but if you really want to get to the heart of Djokovic the man you can skip right to 27:25 to see Djokovic break down in tears when describing how the Syrian refugee influx has impacted him emotionally.

H/T @tennismash, this video of @DjokerNole talking about the Syrian refugee crisis on @LewisHowes' podcast is extremely moving. https://t.co/YwEMhNR2eD
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) November 22, 2017

Djokovic explains a meeting he had, arranged by Unicef, where he met Syrian refugees that were staying temporarily in Serbia.“Where are they going to go,” Djokovic asks. “What’s going to happen? Even today, it’s so emotiona, because I don’t know where they went. … They are travelling God knows where, by foot, no home, no nothing behind them and in front of them. … It’s one of those things that breaks your heart—that’s what war does.”Djokovic also goes on to talk about what he is most proud of and the thing he loves about his wife the most.In other news, Djokovic has been training regularly and plans to begin a full schedule in 2018, beginning with an Abu Dhabi exo and followed by a trip to Doha before the 2018 Australian Open. He is currently No.12 in the world and has not played since Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic trained with Filip Krajinovic today in Belgrade.
2018 schedule, first month:
Abu Dhabi exho
Doha
AusOpen pic.twitter.com/xkh4DqDwmB
— Luigi Gatto (@LuisGatTWI) November 20, 2017

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Chris Oddo

Chris Oddo is a freelance sportswriter, podcaster, blogger and social media marker who is a lead contributor to Tennisnow.com. He also writes for USOpen.org, Rolandgarros.com, BNPParibasOpen.com, TennisTV.com, WTAtennis.com and the official US Open program.