Novak responds to Rafas comments in a new exclusive interview with Sportal.rs from today
"I saw that it went quite viral, that people were talking about it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and how they interpret someone else in that context. That's all I can say. Rafa is a great champion, I greatly appreciate and respect him as a champion, as my biggest rival, as a man and a tennis player who has largely participated in shaping my game and the results I have achieved. I do not intend in any way to speak in a negative context about him or Roger Federer, as my respect largely outweighs any perhaps negative opinions I might have about them. That is his opinion, with which I, of course, do not agree. I have my own opinion, but I won't share it because I don't want to deepen the topic. There is no need for that at all." - emphasized Novak.