Serbia’s World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic [ Images ] has been named Balkan Athlete of the Year, the Bulgarian state news agency (BTA) said on Tuesday.
Djokovic, who won the Australian Open [ Images ] last year before finishing runner-up at Roland Garros [ Images ] and Wimbledon [ Images ], became the first Serb to scoop the prize since Yugoslavia collapsed in the early 1990s.
The 25-year-old beat Turkey’s Asli Cakir Alptekin, who won the women’s 1,500 metres gold at the London [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ].
Croatian Sandra Perkovic, women’s discus champion at the 2012 Games, came third in the annual poll.
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