Aussie doubles icon Mark Woodforde was in his office when a teenage Novak Djokovic walked in with a request. 😮 The rest is history. 9WWOS
"I was running the event with Peter Johnston and we were sitting in the office the day before qualifying began and in came Dejan with Novak Djokovic," he said on Nine's coverage of the Adelaide International."He introduced himself to both Peter Johnston and myself and said, 'I'm happy to be here in Adelaide and I was hoping that you might give me a wildcard'.
"Dejan, who I've known for a number of years just said, 'He really does believe he's going to be No.1' and we just had to apologise and say we had to reserve some of the wildcards at the time for the Australians. The rejection did not stop Djokovic from returning to Adelaide, where he defeated Australia's Chris Guccione to claim the third of his 130 career titles in January 2007.and Stan Sport
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