Novak Djokovic gives a qualified backing to disgraced Justin Gimelsto
• World No 1 leaves door open for American
• Gimelstob resigned from ATP players’ council
At the risk of catapulting Justin Gimelstob into a stratosphere beyond the imaginings of his own ego, Novak Djokovic on Monday first buried his old friend then praised him, a brilliantly unsubtle Mark Antony to the American’s Caesar.
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