Video of Sinner and Djokovic entering Wimbledon reveals what their relationship really is

Today the draw for the tournament will be drawn Wimbledonwhich will also be seen at the starting line Novak Djokovicprotagonist of a prodigious recovery after the operation on the meniscus of his right knee last June 5th. The 37-year-old Serbian champion has burned the stages of rehabilitation, testing his current conditions yesterday in a training session with Jannik Sinner on Centre Court at the All England Club. A video shows the two entering the field and also the long journey from the changing rooms: images that highlight the excellent personal relationship, beyond the sporting rivalry.

Djokovic and Sinner enter the court together: there is a great relationship between the two

A relaxed atmosphere and great complicity in the dialogues: further confirmation of the status now acquired by Sinner, recognized by one of the greatest tennis players of all time. The cameraman follows Jannik and Nole with a frontal shot, asking “what it feels like to walk“in those legendary corridors.”He can say it himself“, says the South Tyrolean, indicating Djokovic with a nod of his head and alluding to the 7 Wimbledon titles won by the Serbian.

At that point the tennis player from Belgrade tries to explain what it feels like in those moments, when you walk through a place that is ‘sacred’ for anyone who has ever picked up a racket: “We were just talking about it. It’s a special walkway that leads to Center Court, an elegant entrance, very classic, very beautiful.“. Then Djokovic and Sinner – who leaves the Serbian the privilege of preceding him with great respect and humility – pass in front of the photos of the old champions who made the history of Wimbledon.

Black and white images from times gone by, with tennis players wearing much heavier clothing than the suits of today, but also wearing the jackets reserved for those who have carved their name into the history of the tournament, becoming life members of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club: “You almost feel like you’re undressed and need a jacket and tie – comments Djokovic, then going down a flight of stairs and passing in front of some cups – Here it is right before entering the pitch, there are trophies, there is a lot of motivation here“.

Sinner points to the line from Kipling’s poem: “Those two impostors”

Behind him Sinner raises his eyes and points to a writing on the frontispiece of the entrance to the pitch: “There is also the phrase“. Jannik refers to the words from Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’: “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same“, that is to say “if you are capable of meeting Triumph and Disaster, and treating those two impostors equally“.

Then Sinner and Djokovic enter the field to play a training session which was ‘won’ by the Italian number one in the world, but from which the Serbian received the positive news he was hoping for: his knee is holding up and therefore he will also be there from Monday close to trying to place one of the last legs of a career like few in the history of sport.