Renowned tennis author and commentator Chris Bowers expressed a surprising fact about Novak Djokovic in the group of tennis’s big elite trios. The rivalry between Roger Federer and Spaniard Rafael Nadal was always celebrated more. It was 2003 when Djokovic turned pro in the scene. Chris Bowers evaluated how Djokovic entered the scene slightly and achieved way more than the Federer-Nadal duo.

Now Bowers knows Djokovic’s life details since he wrote the Serbian tennis god’s biography. He also narrated in an interview that Djokovic’s life stories are truly inspirational for any tennis young enthusiast. Now he delves deeper into Novak Djokovic’s position as a tennis personality.

Author and commentator Chris Bowers talks about profiling tennis legend Novak Djokovic

In Tennis Channel’s recent podcast, Chris Bowers spoke about the Federer-Nadal on-court rivalry and Djokovic’s swift entry into that group. He mentioned how despite not reaching the Federer-Nadal status at the beginning, the Serbian tennis god achieved more than the duo.

In this podcast, Bowers said- “Djokovic was a boy from, he wasn’t from poor background, but he was from modest surroundings, no history of tennis. It was a massive learning curve for the families had to go into the background of real chaos. Much better story. And yet the Federer book sells 10-1 better, which tells you something. If someone’s more popular, their story will sell, even if it’s not as good story as somebody who’s less popular. And that’s the tragedy of Djokovic. He is less understood because he’s not as popular, perhaps because he was the third man in a two man show.”

Sharing the clip, the official X (formerly Twitter) page of Tennis Channel wrote- “‘People loved the Federer/Nadal rivalry, and Djokovic was a slight interloper in that respect, and ended up achieving more.’ Author and commentator @chris1bowers discusses what he learned profiling @DjokerNole on the Inside-In Podcast.”

Chris Bowers found Djokovic’s life tragedies influential to his unbelievable success in professional tennis

In this same podcast, Bowers spoke about Novak Djokovic’s struggles to become a professional tennis player despite the war-like situation in his country while growing up. Bowers said- “the economy at the time when he was a teenager was really chaotic. When NATO planes bombed Belgrade, he had to move his practice every day, because they had to work on intelligence about, you know, what was likely to be bombed and what was probably going to be safe.”

Chris Bowers’s statement about Djokovic represented that despite his outstanding tennis achievements, he is not celebrated as much as Federer and Nadal are among the fans. However, looking at Djokovic’s great career track, he surely deserves to be acknowledged as one of the best ATP players.