He didn’t have the gall. Novak must have heaved a sigh of relief when Nick reached the final and immediately start Insta-flirts with him. It was an invisible white flag being waved. “Please like me, Novak, this is all too tough, why can’t we just be friends?”
Novak wisely replied and led him on, defeating him routinely, and moved on. Nick the jilted girlie wouldn’t leave it at that, wanting to flirt some more, to feel that the relationship was really real, after Novak had gotten dressed and left while Nick was sleeping.
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It was behaviour I’ve never seen from a player heading into a Wimbledon final. He more or less surrendered, in full view of everyone - on Instagram..