There's a Romeo and Juliet side to your relationship...Tatjana: People are still really angry about the war. It's sad when you see kids who aren't even in school yet saying that they hate Serbs. I was brought up to judge people for who they are, not where they come from.
Is it difficult to conduct a relationship when you are both away from home so often?
Tatjana: Yes. That's why I've decided to put my career on hold because I don't believe you can have a relationship like that forever. It's always been like that with us - I would see him for a few days and then I wouldn't see him for three months. I was working and so was he. I'd be in the Caribbean and he's be in Australia. We'd talk on the phone for hours - our phone bill was huge!
Goran, are you glad that Tatjana has put her career on hold to be with you?
Yes, its a big thing for her. She was doing very well and she put everything on hold, but she can always go back to work. And maybe I'll only play for another one or two years. Everything is a compromise in relationships.
Tatjana, you must find it incredibly difficult to watch Goran's matches, particularly the important ones...I just can't watch them! I find that I get too emotional. I just get hysterical and sometimes I laugh like I'm crazy or something. I really love tennis but I know what it means to him. It's the whole world to him.
At the beginning we'd fight because I just didn't understand why it was so important to him. I didn't know how he could get so upset about a tennis match because I have different values in my life. But we've been together for three years now and I understand that it all means so much to him - tennis is whole life, his whole childhood and everything.
He really made history at Wimbledon this year but how do you cope when he is not so successful?
I've now realised how much it means to him. He gets really sad when he loses and now I do too.
Did you watch the Wimbledon final?I did a little bit but not the fifth set. Forget it! I was so glad my friend from New York called me and I spoke to her for hours because I couldn't watch it.
So how did you find out that he had won?
I heard my mom screaming and my brothers and sisters and the whole of Zagerb, where I was. Everyone was beeping their car horns and going nuts! I simply can't describe it because there were so many emotions going through me all at the same time.
You must be very proud...
Oh, yes. I was always proud of him - it's not just because of Wimbledon. I believed in him all the time. Of course it made me proud because it was such an important tournament, but I was always proud of him.
Goran, how supportive has Tatjana been?
She has been very supportive. The three last years have not been perfect for me, and it was tough for her because people said that it was her fault that my career went downhill. But it wasn't because of her, it was because things just happened that way. It wasn't easy but I finally got my moment.
Tatjana, you had some negative press coverage after Goran's win... I don't know what was going on in the international press because I didn't get a chance to read it but here in Croatia it was unbelievable. I thought they would write more about his success rather than getting involved in his personal life. If I am the right choice or not is nothing to do with his tennis. If it all happened again now I would know how to deal with it, but it was the first time that something like that had ever happened to me.
Have you enjoyed your holdiay together?
Goran: It was great, but one of my engines broke down! It was nice to enjoy time with Tatjana. There was no stress and no one bothered us. Tatjana: It was really nice. We were on the boat for ten days around the Croatian islands with a couple of our closest friends. We cooked, went fishing and diving and it was really amazing.
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