Ernests Gulbis “don’t like Djokovic that much.”

Ernests Gulbis of Latvia believes that top-ranked Novak Djokovic has changed to the point that he can say that he doesn’t like him “that much.”

In an interview with a French daily, the Latvian tennis professional revealed that he and the Serbian tennis star knew each other since they were 12 but things have changed when the latter started experiencing major success on tour.

Tennis site OnTheGoTennis translated the interview to English:

“I swear there is more bitchiness in men’s tennis than women’s. I don’t like Djokovic that much. We know each other since I’m 12. He was a normal guy then, but since his first big success he changed, his eyes changed. We never fought, but I felt he changed because of success. And I don’t like people like that. I like strong characters that don’t change because of success or money. That’s why I be careful not to change myself”.

“To be honest I actually like to provocate others sometimes. I said few times about Nadal and other top players that they are boring in their interviews and such. Everybody just acts the same, everybody’s the same. I don’t want to be like all the others, I want to be different. To be completely honest, I like women from post-soviet states the most – Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine. Russian speaking women because I don’t have any problems with the language and of course Latvian speaking too. Language bonds people – you can’t open up in a language you don’t master.”