Djokovic ‘denied 14 funds’ by his personal nation as Serb faces five-year delay

Novak Djokovic has reportedly been denied a sequence of pension funds by the Serbian authorities on account of a mix-up along with his paperwork. The 23-time Grand Slam winner could have to attend 5 years longer than deliberate to spice up his checking account, which is already flush with money on account of a profitable profession on courtroom.

Djokovic earned the proper to a ‘sports activities pension’ in Serbia by advantage of successful a bronze medal on the 2008 Olympic Games. Under the foundations on the time of his achievement, the funds ought to have began kicking in after the tennis star’s thirty fifth birthday.

However, in line with Sportklub, Djokovic has been lacking out on the instalments on account of a mistake by the Tennis Association of Serbia (TSS).

The TSS ought to have submitted the related documentation for Djokovic’s sports activities pension inside 30 days of his medal on the Olympics.

However, the deadline was missed and the foundations modified the next 12 months, stating that athletes due a sports activities pension would solely begin receiving their month-to-month funds on the age of 40.

Djokovic has missed 14 instalments thus far and he may have gone with out 60 by the point he turns 40, presuming a decision shouldn’t be discovered earlier than the five-year delay runs its course. Thankfully for the 36-year-old, he’s hardly wanting for money.

“It’s not the first [nor] the last match that I lost, so I was over it in a day,” Djokovic defined. “Obviously, I needed some really good rest after that, and some time with my family, and that’s what I did. So, of course, I was regretting not using the chances during that final.

“I used to be a arrange and had some set factors within the second and I felt that I used to be near being within the lead. And then, clearly, some break factors within the fifth.

“It was a close match, but well deserved from his side, because to win he played better in the important moments, and that’s what I said after the final. I think he was a deserved winner and that’s it really, pretty much. You move on.”