"People that crapped on him are kissing his a** now" - Connors on Djokovic

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Jimmy Connors defended Novak Djokovic over his choices in the past several years explaining how he shut everyone up this year.

Djokovic was heavily criticized for his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine but Connors defend that choice by taking a swipe at those who criticized him. The decision to do so cost Djokovic a lot as he missed several events, some of which he probably would have won.

The guy stood up for his beliefs, right or wrong, some people are going to say moving to the left, the other is going to stay moving to the right? But he stood up for his beliefs and he was willing to stick by that, to the point of being ostracized from the game. That's brutal.

Connors backs Djokovic's choices
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Connors feels a lot of empathy with Djokovic as he experienced something similar in his career. He was glad to see that in the end, Djokovic succeeded.

I can identify, I was ostracized. You know, from the French Open and from playing some tournaments and stuff like that. So, what the hell, go in there and do your job when that's the only way to get even. And I hate to say that because it sounds like 'oh god, he's angry', I'm not angry. I just know how many of those people that have cr**ped on him last year and all that, are kissing his a** now. All of them.

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