The world’s former number one WTA star, Monica Seles revealed her regret about an interesting fact regarding tennis and Djokovic. This Yugoslavian tennis legend made an astonishing record of winning thirty-three matches at a stretch in the Australian Open. Now Djokovic recently touched Seles’s record by bringing a marvelous victory against Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinal. Now that the news has been circulated, the Yugoslavian tennis legend shared her feelings about it.

Djokovic previously spoke about idolizing Monica Seles. Djokovic’s tennis mother,  Jelena Gencic worked with Monica Seles when the latter was young. Now that Djokovic touched Seles’s record, the Serbian tennis maestro seemed happy. However, Seles’s feelings are the true showstopper of the news.

Monica Seles regretted not playing tennis professionally during Novak Djokovic’s time

A reliable tennis source tweeted Djokovic’s news on their official X (formerly Twitter) and wrote- “Thank you Novak with gratitude and appreciation and let’s go win Australian Open’ – Monika Seleš with a message to Novak. Also said she wished the two played in the same era so they could’ve played mixed doubles. The pride of Serbia!”

Monica Seles also shared the news of Djokovic winning the maximum Australian Open matches at a stretch touching her record on her official Instagram account story. She wrote- “With Novak’s Grand Slam title wins I stopped counting a long time ago as I knew he would be breaking all the records and setting some ridiculous ones for future generations to try to break. I just wish that we played in the same era as it would of been so cool to play mixed doubles together. For me it would be a Masterclass. Thank you Novak with gratitude and appreciation and let’s go win AO.”

Monica Seles’s comments express that in tennis players still have a huge respect for each other. This beautiful gesture of the Yugoslavian tennis legend showed that despite all, tennis is a sport that unites everyone.

What is Novak Djokovic’s feelings after touching the record of Monica Seles?

After being informed about the new record, Djokovic said: “It means a lot. I didn’t know that I was sharing this achievement and this record with her. It makes it, of course, even more special for me. I really love Monica. I had Monica in my head when I was growing up in Serbia pretty much every single day, because Jelena Gencic, my tennis mother, as I like to call her, passed away in 2012 and worked with Monica when she was young. So I was hearing a lot about Monica: Monica this, Monica that, Monica eats this, Monica sleeps this much, and Monica practices this way.”

Djokovic also mentioned: “So Monica was definitely one of my childhood idols and heroes, and I looked up to her very much. So when I got a chance to meet with her first time, it was really — I was very nervous.”

Monica Seles’s regret about not playing with Djokovic expressed how much she respects the Serbian tennis maestro. Now after Djokovic’s feelings, the tennis fraternity witnessed a true heartwarming moment in the sport.

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