Novak Djokovic: elastic laureate on emerald lawns
Novak Djokovic never glides on the Wimbledon grass so much as he negotiates with it— a lithe diplomat persuading each blade to bend to his argument. On a humid July evening in 2023 he slid, skidded, and finally performed that signature full-split half-volley shown in the photograph before you, the moment when Centre Court’s hush turned into a collective gasp. The Serb rose, dusted the chlorophyll from his shoes, and proceeded to close the match as if filing away another page in an already elephantine archive.
What makes Novak Djokovic unique is not only the census of triumphs—24 Grand Slam titles, seven year-end Masters trophies, 40 Masters 1000 crowns—but the restless curiosity that drove him there. When a ragged serve betrayed him in 2017, he rebuilt its kinetics with Craig O’Shannessy’s data sheets and a meditation coach from Belgrade. When he learned gluten was sapping his stamina, he exiled bread from his plate and converted locker-room sceptics one by one. Even his habit of touching the grass before warm-up—part ritual, part reconnaissance—was borrowed from a Serbian agronomist who once warned: “feel the soil, or it will feel you.”
Centre-Court folklore now overflows with Djokovic anecdotes. There was 2014 when he apologised to ball kids for a broken string during a rain delay, then signed the racket and handed it over. Or 2019, when he saved two championship points against Roger Federer by silently repeating a breathing mantra taught by a Tibetan monk he had met at a Davis Cup tie in Geneva. And the junior he once summoned to hit a few serves after practice? That boy is now a hitting partner on Tour and swears by Djokovic’s tip to “see the return before the ball has left the strings.”
None of it dilutes the cold statistics: 428 weeks atop the rankings, an Olympic gold medal finally captured in Paris 2024, a Davis Cup title in 2010, an ATP Cup in 2020. Each landmark sits in a mosaic whose colours shift with the surface—azure for Melbourne, cobalt for New York, emerald for London, and rust-red for Paris. Yet Wimbledon seems to distil him best: the pulling elastic of his hamstrings, the geometry of lines he violates with impunity, the sly grin after a drop-shot return winner.
This limited-edition Wimbledon print—rendered as a premium Novak Djokovic print—freezes the instant when the Serb’s left knee hovers a cigarette paper above the turf, racket head squared like a draughtsman’s set square. Framed as tennis wall art, it’s both a lesson in balance and a reminder that ambition can, indeed, do the splits. Claim your numbered tennis poster today and let Djokovic’s impossible lunge inspire every room where you dare to stretch a little further.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Novak Djokovic: elastic laureate on emerald lawns
Novak Djokovic never glides on the Wimbledon grass so much as he negotiates with it— a lithe diplomat persuading each blade to bend to his argument. On a humid July evening in 2023 he slid, skidded, and finally performed that signature full-split half-volley shown in the photograph before you, the moment when Centre Court’s hush turned into a collective gasp. The Serb rose, dusted the chlorophyll from his shoes, and proceeded to close the match as if filing away another page in an already elephantine archive.
What makes Novak Djokovic unique is not only the census of triumphs—24 Grand Slam titles, seven year-end Masters trophies, 40 Masters 1000 crowns—but the restless curiosity that drove him there. When a ragged serve betrayed him in 2017, he rebuilt its kinetics with Craig O’Shannessy’s data sheets and a meditation coach from Belgrade. When he learned gluten was sapping his stamina, he exiled bread from his plate and converted locker-room sceptics one by one. Even his habit of touching the grass before warm-up—part ritual, part reconnaissance—was borrowed from a Serbian agronomist who once warned: “feel the soil, or it will feel you.”
Centre-Court folklore now overflows with Djokovic anecdotes. There was 2014 when he apologised to ball kids for a broken string during a rain delay, then signed the racket and handed it over. Or 2019, when he saved two championship points against Roger Federer by silently repeating a breathing mantra taught by a Tibetan monk he had met at a Davis Cup tie in Geneva. And the junior he once summoned to hit a few serves after practice? That boy is now a hitting partner on Tour and swears by Djokovic’s tip to “see the return before the ball has left the strings.”
None of it dilutes the cold statistics: 428 weeks atop the rankings, an Olympic gold medal finally captured in Paris 2024, a Davis Cup title in 2010, an ATP Cup in 2020. Each landmark sits in a mosaic whose colours shift with the surface—azure for Melbourne, cobalt for New York, emerald for London, and rust-red for Paris. Yet Wimbledon seems to distil him best: the pulling elastic of his hamstrings, the geometry of lines he violates with impunity, the sly grin after a drop-shot return winner.
This limited-edition Wimbledon print—rendered as a premium Novak Djokovic print—freezes the instant when the Serb’s left knee hovers a cigarette paper above the turf, racket head squared like a draughtsman’s set square. Framed as tennis wall art, it’s both a lesson in balance and a reminder that ambition can, indeed, do the splits. Claim your numbered tennis poster today and let Djokovic’s impossible lunge inspire every room where you dare to stretch a little further.
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➤ ABOUT THE PRINT
Each artwork is professionally printed on gallery quality matte paper which perfectly compliments the designs using only archival inks. The high print quality ensure that your wall print will last a long time while maintaining its original color.
Premium Matte Paper: 200 gsm, premium quality, matte finish
Shipped in a stiff cardboard tube (100% recyclable, 90% recycled)
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➤ HOW TO ORDER
Simply purchase the listing in your desired size.
Sizes:
A3 (297 X 420 mm / 11.7 X 16.5 in)
A2 (420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 in)
A1 (594 x 841 mm / 23.4 x 33.1 in)
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➤ PLEASE NOTE: FRAME IS NOT INCLUDED
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➤ ADDITIONAL
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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