Djokovic on doubles with Federer, raising money for kids

"Vajda arrives at training before me, I'm sometimes late"

Djokovic has a habit of being late, he once again confirmed that, and said they would probably wait for him, as he had to be a guest on a morning show.

"He (coach Marjan Vajda) generally shows up early. I don't know if that's how it should be, but he comes to prepare the training session. I try to come in on time, sometimes I don't succeed, but I'm trying. I would probably be late to the studio, too."

Djokovic is currently in Belgrade, where he is training. He arrived here from Chicago, where he was playing in the Laver Cup.

Novak was a member of "Team Europe" that won the trophy, and during his first doubles match with Roger Federer, smacked the ball into the Swiss player's lower back.

"I knew you'd ask me that. It was not intentional. I was late on the ball and hit him. I don't often play often doubles, so I needed several games to catch the rhythm - I admit it was quite demanding," said Djokovic, who was a guest on Prva TV "Morning with Jovana and Srdjan" show.

Novak raises over USD 200,000 for children

Djokovic used his stay in Chicago to organize two humanitarian events and raise money for his foundation - over 200,000 dollars have been collected for children in Serbia.

"We took the opportunity, with the blessing of the organizers, to raise as much as possible for our foundation during the Laver Cup. We organized two events - in the first, I played tennis with the kids, there were 80 of them. One half were local children, while the other 40 were of our origin. That was organized by the Serbian Orthodox Church and it was a lot of fun. I felt at home in Chicago, it's the biggest Serbian city outside...