Of Jesters and Djokers: The Novak Djokovic Effect

It all started with a name

Them, who called him the Choker;

For choke he did...

Against peers and rivals

Against nemeses and challengers

Breathless and lopsided,

Brash yet endearingly quirky,

Intense yet blowing-cold,

Making turncoats of hard-won loyalists...

Yet some, just shrugged him off

Still some, just wrote him off

Ne’er-do-well, as the rest tagged him

Till he plugged the heedless platitudes...

And showed them all

His might and valour,

His mark and candour...

It then finally came to his name

Only now, there was no Choker

Just a lethally honed Nole Djoker...