​Novak Djokovic Loves His HatersPrime VideoAt 39, Novak Djokovic is the most accomplished men’s tennis player of all time, and he doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. When he’s won 24 Grand Slam titles, over 1,000 matches, and an Olympic gold medal, and spent 428 weeks at world no. 1, what’s next? A new documentary from Prime Video, The Wolf in Winter, tries to answer that question.“We had the opportunity to follow a GOAT in real time and not do it retrospectively,” Wolf in Winter director Jason Hehir tells Town & Country. “There is archival [footage] in this, but most of the time, when you’re talking about an all-time great at any sport, you’re doing a doc about them in the past tense. We had the opportunity to follow the greatest tennis player ever while he’s still dominant.” The film, now streaming, also doesn’t shy away from some of Djokovic’s more controversial and polarizing aspects, and gets into his 2022 deportation from Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ahead of the premiere, Hehir spoke with Town & Country about that Australia saga, why boos fuel Djokovic, and the question of if the Serbian athlete will ever retire.Why start the film with the 2024 Paris Olympics?Djokovic celebrates match point at the Paris Olympics.Matthew Stockman – Getty ImagesThat was one of the most emotional victories of his life, and it’s just great video to watch….with his finger twitching and crying on the ground, it’s impossible not to feel a little bit of emotion when you see that. I knew that if we’re going to tell a story about him today, at this crossroads in his life, we were going to need to show you his upbringing and what about his past informs the way that he’s making decisions now and the way that he’s acting now in his late 30s. To win a gold for Serbia was a nice segue to get us into his backstory, to introduce that he is from Serbia, that he is fiercely loyal and proud of his country.The film spends a lot of time with the idea of Djokovic as a villain, or a spoiler to the Nadal-Federer rivalry. Did you come away thinking that perception was largely imposed on him, or that he sometimes contributed to it himself?He embraced it. He has a remarkable ability to take any challenge and make it into an advantage for himself. And as he says in the movie, “Table for three, please!” I think he himself knew, even though he was far behind these guys [Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer] in terms of his development as a pro, I think he knew very early on that he could hold his own with them. It’s just one big example of a million examples in his career of him taking something that would otherwise be seen as a challenge or an obstacle and making it into something where he motivates himself to exceed his own expectations.Djokovic gestures to the crowd during the 2026 French Open.Dan Istitene – Getty ImagesWhat role has a negative crowd played for Djokovic in his career?It’s a common thing with polarizing a