With 24 Grand Slam titles to his name, Novak Djokovic is not just Serbia’s biggest superstar but also its most decorated global athlete. But all summer long, even world No. 2 has been just another other soccer fan supporting his national team at the 2024 UEFA European Championship.
Djokovic was Serbia’s biggest cheerleader during their group stage campaign, and he wasn’t going to let anything stop him from getting hype in person during a win-or-go-home group match—not even a little grass-court practice ahead of Wimbledon, which starts on July 1.
“That time of year,” Djokovic shared to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday. “Good to be back. Giving my best to be ready for Wimbledon.”
Just hours after posting that encouraging training update from grass courts in London, the seven-time winner—who is still mulling his Wimbledon participation after undergoing surgery for a meniscus tear—was spotted in Munich taking in Serbia’s Group C match against Denmark.
The former world No. 1 even got to step onto the pitch at the nona before the match, and greeted the Serbian players with a hug and a handshake as he wished them good luck.
Unfortunately for Serbia, even having their GOAT in the stands wasn’t enough to inspire them to victory as they were soon knocked out of Euro 2024. A goalless draw left Serbia at the bottom of its group, which saw England and Denmark scrape through to the knockout stage with a total of five draws and just one win between them.
