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Nole’s diary from Paris!
Hello everyone!

I’m dedicating this edition of my diary to my faithful supporters throughout the world.

I really have to thank all the people who follow my career, who visit my web page and have the patience to wait for me to write my next written address! :) Since I celebrated my 22nd birthday a few days ago, I would like to write you a few sentences how I spent the day...

It started magnificently, because I received the first greeting from my dear Jelena, who spent a weekend in Paris with me! When I turned my phone on, the first and of course, the dearest messages came from my parents and Marko and Djorde! Therefore, my day was fullfilled and I had energy to carry out all the obligations waiting for me to complete them! My birthday has become a "regular" day with gifts, because I don’t mark it like I used to! The reason, of course, is TENNIS and obligations... However, in spite of everything, I could afford a nice dinner for me and my close friends who were in Paris that day, in a Yugoslav restaurant called "Zavičaj" ("Homeland").

I had the opportunity to dine in the same restaurant three years ago, and to assure myself that our cuisine has no competition! :) The restaurant decorated with things from Serbian tradition and history, offered meals such as sarma (stuffed cabbage rolls), baked beans, stuffed peppers, proja (made of corn), etc... Those meals are known to the friends from our country, however, it was interesting to hear the opinion of those who are not from Serbia, after tasting ! They were delighted, especially with ajvar, spreading it on bread like it was a cheese cream! :)

Since their mouth was quite "hot" they wanted a drink that would put out the fire! They found a brandy! :) Ughh, a very bad choice for "fire fighting"! They liked brandy so much that they were consuming it during a greater part of the evening! I will not write about the consequences! :)

The clay season has been very successful so far, and I would like to particularly single the matches against Nadal that were more exciting than ever! I was so close, I needed "only" one more point! :) I’ve enjoyed our match in Madrid that was decided by shades! I got over that defeat, drew lessons from it and continued with a relatively good performance at Roland Garros, where I was hoping to get the opportunity for rematch against Nadal... However, that will not happen, because we both had a bad luck... There will be another chance for that!

Tournament in Belgrade - SERBIA OPEN!

The victory that means the most in my career, and the great success of the tournament organisation, as well as of all the people who contributed, directly and indirectly, to the promotion and presentation of the fantastic tournament that has already gained a good reputation in the tennis world! What is important for the tournament is that people from abroad who attended the event were delighted, and will be happy to come again!

I’m very happy that my family managed the organisation in a fantastic way and that the players left our country satisfied! I owe many thanks to people who regularly worked on the courts, building, the promotion village, so that everything could be implemented in a very short period of time(6 months)! Of course, also to volunteers from Megatrend, line umpires, ball boys/girls, and others that gave their maximum to present us to the world in the best possible way!

The image that was shown to the world and that everyone admired was the one with the Serbian flag over the court from the ceremony after the finals.
Due to the great success and excellent conditions, we’re one of the competitors for a higher category for next year's tournament (ATP Tour World 500). Serbia deserves respect for shown passion for tennis…

Talk to you soon, I have to go to dinner now…

Regards,

Yours Nole