I have never been as loved as Roger and Rafa because I wasn’t supposed to be there," admits Djokovic about his rivalry with Federer and Nadal

Just over two weeks ago, the Big 4 (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray) reunited at Roland-Garros for the tribute to Rafael Nadal.
Shortly after these heartwarming moments that went around the world, Djokovic, who was defeated in the semifinals on the Parisian clay, spoke about the early days of his rivalry with Federer and Nadal. His comments were shared by the German version of the media outlet 20 Minuten:
"I have never been as loved as Roger and Rafa because I wasn’t supposed to be there. I was the little guy, the third guy who showed up and said he wanted to become world No. 1. A lot of people didn’t like that.
It’s not because someone is my biggest rival that I want to hurt them, that I hate them, or that I’ll do whatever it takes on the court to beat them. We all fought for the same goal, and the best one won.
I have always respected Rafa and Roger, and I’ve never said anything bad about them—and I never will. I admired them back then, and I still admire them now. But I’ve always gotten along better with Nadal.
They hate you because you're from Serbia! Which is discriminatory and racist.
Look at what they did to Monica seles because she was from Serbia.
Or even how Jelena dokic was treated in Oz, as well as how they deported you like a criminal (but, yes, let's celebrate a doper because he's not from Serbia and let's not even talk about him doping)
That's why I don't expect you to understand.
Even if Nole is not loved as Fedals in the western countries, who cares.
World is much bigger that that.
In the end he is The Greatest Of All Times and all what you can do about that is.....lol.
Enjoy....
You bet the Aussies deported him,, WTF does he think he is, he knew Australia wouldn't let anyone who's not vaccinated against Covid Into their country, yet his still got on the plane with his "I'm Novax Djokovic attitude" he seriously thought he was better than anyone, well the good folk of OZ showed him the door, serves him right, Arrogant Ignorant man and yes I've never laughed so much in my life, it was side splitting, thought I was going to end up in A&E.