Take your hats off to this man.
A 2 time wimbledon finalist who took back only tears and heart break home with him each time.
A man whose emotions let him down rather than his game time after time.
Goran was an angry man . Angry about the situation in his hometown of Croatia. Angry with the condition of his suffering mother.
Come wimbledon 2001 and Goran get s a wild card entry.
I m sure the bookies would atleast have given 50-1 odds at the beginning of the tournament for a Goran win.
He became the emotional favourite with the crowd. Each point he won was cheered. At the press conference at the end of each game he would also comment about the good goran overpowering the bad goran, commenting on his emotions and moods this year.
When he reached the finals a lot of people started believing that Goran was fated to win a wimbledon title in this lifetime.
& what an epic final it turned out to be. TO win the final set 10-8 was just champion stuff.
Goran, for once played for himself. Not his country or family or fans. ONly for Goran Ivanisevic. Thats why he won.
He later said he didnt care right now if he ever won a single match again, just showing how happy he was to win.
What he could not do in the 90’s he did in the new millenium.
Hey did the ladies catch him doing a strip tease when he got hack home????