Reflecting on his remarkable season, Novak Djokovic acknowledged that he might have "attracted" his agony at the Australian Open.
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The reason Novak Djokovic was expelled from Australia at the beginning of the season has been the subject of his original theory. The world No. 5 has reflected on his ordeal in Melbourne and admitted that he must have “somehow attracted” his bad luck. The year began with the player spending time in a government detention hotel before being expelled from the country, and it ended with him winning a record-tying sixth ATP Finals title. Due to vaccination requirements for entry into some countries, Djokovic has had a season unlike any other. The most dramatic incident occurred at the start of the year when he had his Australian visa twice revoked and spent time in a government detention hotel before being deported on the eve of the Aussie Open.
The following year, he bounced back to win five titles, including his 21st Grand Slam at Wimbledon and a record-tying sixth ATP Finals victory to cap off his 2022 campaign. The 35-year-old has taken stock of his eventful year now that it is over and has a peculiar explanation for what happened while he was living in Australia. “Everything that has happened and has always happened is happening for a reason,” he told Tennis Channel after ending the year on a high by winning in Turin. “So I try to have that approach to my life and my tennis career, and try to analyse really why something is happening whether it’s good or bad.”
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The world No. 5 admitted that he had “somehow” invited the trying time into his life as part of his analysis and professed belief in the law of attraction. “I believe that we attract things with our life, with what we’re thinking, and with what we get outside,” Djokovic continued. “I definitely attracted what happened in Australia in some way, shape, or form. I’m not sure what the universe was going through. The former world No. 1 shared the turning point in his season after spending a long time struggling to deal with his deportation, and he also discussed the process of getting over his time in Australia.
“But it did happen and it was a shock,” he acknowledged. “And it took me months and months to really recover from it and to kind of find again the optimal balance I guess. Mental, physical, body and mind on the court, and start playing my tennis. After the Immigration Minister lifted his three-year ban, the 35-year-old can now enter the off-season knowing that he will be able to return to Australia without any further complications. After a strong finish to the season, he was inspired to keep winning, saying: “Motivation is still there, I don’t feel as physically exhausted at the end of this season as I have the other seasons.
