Novak Djokovic has a ‘special relationship’ with an Australian tree. Naturally I had to find it

The tennis player’s revelation this week brought back a mystery that had loomed over me for 11 years

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When I saw the headlines this week about world number one men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic’s special 15-year long relationship with a tree in the Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria, my mouth hung open in shock.

Not because of how funny or strange this story was, no. But because it answered a mystery that had been hanging over me for 11 long years.

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