{"id":1621,"date":"2012-03-26T20:10:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2012-03-26T20:10:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T00:10:35","slug":"djokovic-has-fun-fun-fun-as-tennis-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/03\/djokovic-has-fun-fun-fun-as-tennis-no-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic Has Fun, Fun, Fun As Tennis’ No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I respect the heck out of the great Roger Federer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I appreciate the toughness and passion behind Rafael Nadal<\/strong>, especially his heartfelt remarks about 9\/11 over the years.<\/p>\n

Why haven’t I yet warmed up to the new No.1 tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

I did Sunday night when I watched 60 Minutes<\/em>, the legendary news magazine and it’s feature on tennis’ new top dog.<\/p>\n

I know, I know … oh, do I know what a hypocrite I am even going anywhere NEAR this program after how shabbily it treated former Pres. George W. Bush. I swore the CBS<\/em> program off for a few years after its weekly bashing of W, despite the overall success we have enjoyed in Iraq.<\/p>\n

But I digress … with apologies.<\/p>\n

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Novak Djokovic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Djokovic is a much-needed breath of fresh air to the sport with his dead-on impressions of both men and women players on the tour, including Maria Sharapova<\/strong> and Rafa. The former warmed up to Djokovic’s “act” quicker than the latter, by the way.<\/p>\n

As great a tennis player as Djokovic is, his humor and good nature is SO needed in this day and age where sports doesn’t always provide the refuge it used to.<\/p>\n

Djokovic is 100 times even more important to his war-torn home country of Serbia, providing a lift it so badly needs.<\/p>\n

His dancing is both funny and great at the same time … I’m not too sure how many people you can say that about.<\/p>\n

Thanks 60 Minutes for doing what you do best … showing Novak Djokovic at his best, on and off the tennis court.<\/p>\n

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