Eyes slapped shut as the sun rises beyond him, a meditating Novak Djokovic steadfastly smacks his chest, his arms and his legs. Then, cutting to the customary docuseries interview chair-of-doom, the Serb says: “I cannot say I feel content with what I have and who I am. I am always looking to be more: better, faster, stronger.”
If you had to envisage how a 92-minute documentary about one of world sport’s most successful stars begins, these snippets would not follow the status quo. Yet 24-time major winner Djokovic doesn’t do status quo: he is an athlete, an enigma, known as much for his greatness on court as his nonconformity off it. Think Melbourne tree-hugging; think magic potions; think no Covid vaccine.
