Serbia's Novak Djokovic sauntered around the players' lounge at Wimbledon last week engaging in light-hearted banter, occasionally peering at a monitor to check the scores from the courts outside.
His cheeky, boyish face and jet black 'brush-top' haircut make him easy to pick out from the crowd. His tennis, too, is making quite an impact.
The 20 year old has shot up to world number five this year and, from being an exciting prospect, is now viewed as the man most likely to threaten the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal domination of men's tennis.
Djokovic shrugged off a sore back to squeeze past former champion Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 and reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time, just a month after reaching the semi-finals of the French Open.
Photographs: Getty Images | Text: Reuters
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