-I remember those days of my childhood, when I was in my family's restaurant watching Pete Sampras win. I was four or five years old, but even then I wanted to be here – Novak Djokovic tells Sue Barker.
As he speaks, still at the foot of the track, the Serbian holds up the Challenge Cup. And he thanks his family, his wife and his daughter Tara (4).
-My daughter is here. Let's see if she takes up tennis like his older brother, Stefan (7). Stefan is not in the box because he is on the court playing a game with Bob Bryan's son...
"And it's your wife's birthday," Sue Barker tells him.
"Oh, thanks for reminding me. So many things are happening these days that I almost forgot – says Djokovic, who is now addressing his wife, Jelena –: Congratulations, my love!
–I apologize to the ballboys for everything you have to put up with. I don't know if I'll be here again -says Kyrgios before, apologizing for the forcefulness of his show.
-You will come back. I want you to know that I admire you for your tennis and your talent. Ours is officially a bromance,” Djokovic replies.
(Bromance: very intimate relationship between two men without sexual contact)
Two hours later, in the press room, Djokovic confessed to the media:
-Winning this title is something like a physical and psychological relief, after everything I've experienced in 2022.
And it explains:
–It has taken me a long time to assimilate everything that had happened at the beginning of the year in Australia (he had been retained and expelled for his refusal to be vaccinated). After leaving that country, not everything was over. I couldn't close the case because you yourselves reminded me. In many places the film was repeated, and that caused me turbulence. I've needed time to calm the storm.
