Serbian scientists name new species of beetle after Novak Djokovic (updated)
NINJA DEKOVIĆ, a Serbian scientist, has named the first new species of beetle in a quarter of a century after the world’s greatest tennis player.
The species was named after Novak Djokovic, as it resembles the Djokovic of tennis.
The beetle was found in Serbia by Deković on the island of Brač, in the Adriatic Sea, but its scientific name derives from Djokovic, who the scientist sees as representing all the qualities that are in Djokovic, including energy and creativity.
Djokovic is currently ranked eighth on the all-time list of all-time top-10 tennis players.
He has been the world number one from 2005 to April 2014, and on that occasion, he defeated Pete Sampras in the final.
Deković, who is on the International Council of Chemical Sciences council, says Djokovic has inspired him to discover the beetle.
The beetle has only one eye, a red dot, and the female is red, with yellow markings on its abdomen.
Djokovic, who is currently ranked eighth on the all-time list of all-time top-10 tennis players at No. 8 on April 13 at the US Open, is the first tennis player to be given a scientific name in 25 years of his career.
Djokovic was born in Belgrade. He moved to Australia to play tennis and was discovered by his sister, who told a friend that Djokovic’s career as a tennis player seemed to end after he was a teenager. He then decided to return to his native Serbia playing tennis, after being inspired by the success he had in Australia.
He started playing tennis at the Belgrade tennis academy. Djokovic then moved to Melbourne before moving to Sydney in 1995, where he eventually became a star of the tennis-mad nation.
His love for tennis took him to a number of different countries in the world, eventually being recognised as the world number one player in 1998. Djokovic won his titles in both Australia and Serbia and moved his games to Los Angeles, where he became one of the world’s most popular sportsmen.
He was later banned