{"id":313006,"date":"2025-11-28T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T21:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:00:11","slug":"novak-djokovic-serves-up-iconic-photograph-as-he-attended-qatar-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313006\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic serves up iconic photograph as he attended Qatar Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Novak Djokovic<\/a> has been enjoying some time away from tennis after winning his final tournament of 2025 in Athens earlier this month, but he has broken off his holiday to make a very public appearance at the Qatar Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Djokovic posted an image of him spending some time on holiday at the Amanyara resort in the Turks & Caicos Islands earlier this week, as he promoted one of the brands that are on his list of sponsors.<\/p>\n

Now he has made another appearance for one of his backers, after he was an A-list leader of a wellness session conducted on the track where the penultimate race of the Formula 1 season will take place this weekend.<\/p>\n

Djokovic signed a deal to work with Qatar Airlines on this day a year ago<\/a> and his presence at the sporting event sponsored by the airline was part of that deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my great pleasure and honour to partner with Qatar Airways, a company I admire for many years not just for its impeccable service to its customers and employees, but also because it recognises the importance of wellbeing and longevity, which is a passion of mine,\u201d said Djokovic after signing the deal last November.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI believe that together we will be able to add more value and quality to the award-winning experience for the customers worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I continue to travel the world as a professional athlete, with my family and for business, I am grateful to have Qatar Airways as my partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Djokovic has added his A-list star power to the list of big names attending the Qatar Grand Prix, as he served up some memorable photographs as he led the wellness sessions.<\/p>\n

The Serbian legend spoke about his passion for wellness and looking after his mental health at an ASICS event attended by Tennis365.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the biggest lessons I\u2019ve learned about mental strength is that if you lose your focus, you\u2019re not present, and things start to go the wrong way for you,\u201d said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s fine, accept it, and then come back. How long you stay in that emotion is what differentiates you from others. We always think about what\u2019s going to happen, are I going to win or not. You go back and forth, but what is important is how quickly you go back.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, conscious breathing is probably the one ingredient that is the most important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u2019s deal in Qatar is certain to be lucrative, but he confirmed in an interview with Piers Morgan earlier this month that he doesn\u2019t sign up for deals just because the money is big.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have refused many big brands and huge salaries throughout my career because I cannot represent something I don\u2019t believe in, and I have always tried to have a long-term vision,\u201d said Djokovic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t name brands, sorry. But at one point, it was probably the most famous drink in the world. It was a long time ago, but it was a very good deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, we live in a very materialistic society these days. It\u2019s nothing against you but I am not like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to give all the information about what I am worth and what my investments are, it\u2019s none of their business. Why should I disclose that? For what reason? There are things that are disclosed like prize money and people know about or contracts, but other things, no.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoney is important. It\u2019s very important and it does bring security, no doubt about it. It\u2019s one of a driving force in society today, you cannot neglect the importance of money.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if money is the only thing you are thinking about, in my experience as an athlete, for me it\u2019s more of a meritocracy model \u2013 if I win a tournament I get rewarded with sponsorship deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s about the mentality and the brand you want to create around yourself. I don\u2019t like to talk about this but I did refuse a lot of the big brands and big paycheques in my career, because I cannot represent something I do not believe in. I have always tried to play the long game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic has been enjoying some time away from tennis after winning his final tournament of 2025 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-313006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}