Following Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview with Piers Morgan, the broadcaster sat down with 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, the greatest men’s tennis player of the modern era.
Djokovic, who at 38 is entering the latter stages of his career, discussed Jannik Sinner’s doping case, his own deportation from Australia after the country’s immigration minister revoked his visa in 2022, his status as the GOAT in tennis, and how he wants to be remembered.
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The interview begins with Morgan apologising for his criticism of Djokovic at the time of his deportation from Australia, nearly four years ago. Djokovic accepted the apology and said he was never anti-vaccine but instead pro-freedom of choice.
On the tennis GOAT debate
Djokovic declined to label himself as the best of all time, veering away from comparing his numbers with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to focus on the difficulty of comparing tennis eras. “I’m not going to say whether I’m the greatest or not because it’s not my position to say that,” he said. “And I would say that would be very disrespectful to those who have paved the way for Nadal, Federer and all the others.
“It’s so hard to compare eras; our sport has gon
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