What do two tennis players with 47 Grand Slam singles titles between them talk about when they run into each other as they prepare to play the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament?Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, the two GOATs who are hoping to spend the next two weeks grazing on the Wimbledon grass, met at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in southwest London this week. In a news conference during the tournament’s media day, Djokovic said his message was simple.“It’s epic. That’s what I told her,” Djokovic, 39, said of Williams’ return to the sport she dominated at 44, nearly four years removed from her last match.“I always admired her career, her journey, her story. Of course, Venus’ as well.”A lot of players who have chats with Serena do not like to talk about their discussions, choosing to guard those words as something special and secret. Djokovic, though, is the rare player who speaks to Williams as a true peer.“For her to come back after years of being absent from the tour, two children later, and to give so much effort … Not just for her own satisfaction or coming back on the tour, but also to give all of us the pleasure of seeing her back on the court — in singles as well as doubles — is remarkable.
Novak Djokovic discusses Serena Williams’ comeback at Wimbledon: ‘Truly inspirational’
Djokovic, 39, and Williams, 44, have 47 Grand Slam singles titles between them.








