Novak Djokovic has revealed he feels \u201clike a Greek\u201d after moving to Athens from Serbia, while Stefanos Tsitsipas has spoken about having dinner with the tennis legend.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> reportedly started living in Athens, Greece\u2019s capital, with his wife Jelena and children Stefan and Tara, in September.<\/p>\n Last week, Thanos Plevris \u2014 the Greek minister for immigration and asylum \u2014 revealed that Djokovic \u201cwishes to stay with his family in our country\u201d in a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n What did Djokovic say about living in Greece?<\/p>\n In Athens, Djokovic was asked by a reporter for ANT1 if he feels like a Greek man.<\/p>\n \u201cI do, I do feel like a Greek. I still have to learn Greek,\u201d Djokovic said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not very good with the language yet; it\u2019s not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n The 38-year-old, who is ranked third in the world, added: \u201cMy plan for this season is to stay healthy and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n What did Tsitsipas say about having dinner with Djokovic?<\/p>\n During an appearance on the What\u2019s The Call? podcast, Tsitsipas<\/a> spoke about having dinner with Djokovic last year.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I had dinner with Novak a few months ago in my hometown, Vouliagmeni,\u201d said the Greek ATP star.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that was the first few weeks when he moved to Greece. So I obviously invited him. We had a nice little dinner for two hours.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very curious to learn from him. I\u2019m really curious to learn from his career, from his lessons that he\u2019s learned throughout his career, his medical stuff, all these things that he does.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd there was a lot of insightful stuff that I got out of it. Very interesting guy to talk to on a deep level. And I really had a lot of fun spending time with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Tennis News<\/p>\n ATP Qatar Open: Withdrawal list as Novak Djokovic among three top 10 stars to pull out<\/a><\/p>\n Iva Jovic makes \u2018nervous\u2019 admission about talking to \u2018idol\u2019 Novak Djokovic<\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/p>\n Tsitsipas added: \u201cIt\u2019s a very individualistic sport. It\u2019s really a very lonely sport. And you\u2019re always on the move, always on the go.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t have time to settle. And it\u2019s very unpredictable as well. You don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going to leave. Day by day, you\u2019re trying to see where that leads to.\u201d<\/p>\n Tsitsipas, a former world No 3 currently ranked 33rd, lost to Djokovic in both of his Grand Slam final appearances; at the 2021 French Open and the 2023 Australian Open.<\/p>\n Why did Novak Djokovic move from Serbia to Greece?<\/p>\n Djokovic has not revealed the reason for his relocation from his home city of Belgrade, but it reportedly involved the Serbian government.<\/p>\n In December 2024, Djokovic \u2013 who is Serbia\u2019s biggest national icon \u2013 expressed support for the student-led protests against Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic and the government as a whole.<\/p>\n The previous month, mass protests took place in Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia, after the collapse of a railway station canopy killed 16 people, with demonstrators accusing Serbian police and local authorities of negligence and corruption. Protests had spread to 400 cities and towns by March 2025.<\/p>\n According to Jaschar Dugalic, a journalist reporting for German news outlet Neue Zurcher Zeitung, the Serbian government \u201cset its sights\u201d on Djokovic as a result of his stance<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dugalic reported, that \u201cregime-friendly media\u201d in Serbia has attacked the character of Djokovic, with tabloid newspaper Informer branding the tennis legend a \u201cdisgrace\u201d in response to his public support for protests.<\/p>\n After it was reported that Djokovic was considering moving to Athens with his family, the same outlet labelled him \u201ca false patriot who had presented himself as a symbol of Serbia for years only to now flee to Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n