{"id":21581,"date":"2013-08-01T00:33:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T22:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/nadal-hits-back-at-srdjans-remarks\/"},"modified":"2013-08-01T00:33:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T22:33:59","slug":"nadal-hits-back-at-srdjans-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nadal-hits-back-at-srdjans-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadal hits back at Srdjan\u2019s remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=11774\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11774\" alt=\"Nadal responded to remarks made by Srdjan Djokovic on Monday. Photo: Thomas Lovelock \/ AELTC - Pool \/ Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/cdef4_171434912.jpg\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nadal responded to remarks made by Srdjan Djokovic on Monday. Photo: Thomas Lovelock \/ AELTC \u2013 Pool \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Nadal has hit back at Srdjan Djokovic for the <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/djokovics-father-launches-stinging-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">remarks he made<\/a> regarding Nadal this week, which he was evidently irked at.<\/p>\n<p>Novak\u2019s father stated in Serbian that Rafa had been a close friend of Novak in the past, but explained that the Spaniard\u2019s attitude towards the world No. 1 had soured when he stopped dominating their rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>Srdjan also made disparaging remarks about <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/federers-sore-swiss-open-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>, claiming that he was a great tennis player but perhaps the opposite as a person.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday at DC Inter Manacor, Nadal reacted to the comments:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDjokovic\u2019s father should talk to his son,\u201d he said. \u201cMy relationship with him has always been very good and it still is. I\u2019ve lost many games with him, and he with me and have never had any problems.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livetennis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Live Tennis<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/2013\/07\/29\/srdjan-djokovic-blasts-rafael-nadal-and-roger-federer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/cdef4_189186079_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/2013\/07\/29\/srdjan-djokovic-blasts-rafael-nadal-and-roger-federer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Srdjan Djokovic blasts Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2013\/07\/novak-djokovic-father-federer-nadal-srdjan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/cdef4_189153260_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/2013\/07\/novak-djokovic-father-federer-nadal-srdjan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Djokovic\u2019s father rips Federer and Nadal<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/10213175\/Roger-Federer-and-Rafael-Nadal-are-jealous-of-Novak-Djokovics-success-claims-Serbians-father.htmla=189712200rid=e260e17f-3ed3-4d47-9088-0ce12204e9f3e=8dd4813d207ed245fbe87fc2c072126e\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/cdef4_189712200_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/10213175\/Roger-Federer-and-Rafael-Nadal-are-jealous-of-Novak-Djokovics-success-claims-Serbians-father.htmla=189712200rid=e260e17f-3ed3-4d47-9088-0ce12204e9f3e=8dd4813d207ed245fbe87fc2c072126e\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are jealous of Novak Djokovic\u2019s success, claims Serbian\u2019s father<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/cdef4_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadal responded to remarks made by Srdjan Djokovic on Monday. Photo: Thomas Lovelock \/ AELTC \u2013 Pool \/ Getty Images Rafael Nadal has hit back at Srdjan Djokovic for the remarks he made regarding Nadal this week, which he was evidently irked at. Novak\u2019s father stated in Serbian that Rafa had been a close friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-21581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}