Djokovic’s triumph in Paris is a story of resilience and bouncing back against all odds. A story of soul crushing losses. A story of rivalries. Inside one of the most impressive periods of domination ever achieved. Even if the victory would come with a price to pay, Djokovic’s triumph is a life lesson: there is no curse, so never give up.
For that story, the author Carole Bouchard, French tennis reporter for national and international medias, conducted exclusive interviews with Novak Djokovic and all his team, including his two coaches at the time, Marian Vajda and Boris Becker. Among the many other witnesses: the great Rod Laver, Maria Sharapova, Stan Wawrinka, some of the best coaches in the history of the game (Patrick Mouratoglou, Darren Cahill), high profile former and current players, insiders from the French Open among others.
She told us all about her own quest to write that story in a relaxing chat in Melbourne Park.
Carole Bouchard has been a sports journalist (and mostly a tennis writer) for exactly 13 years now. She was a staff writer at L'Equipe (one of the biggest French media group) and since the end of 2014 she is freelance journalist working for French and International newspapers, magazines and radios as she travels the world to follow tennis all season long. She has written a book, The Quest, about Novak Djokovic's historical win at Roland-Garros in 2016.
