Maria Sharapova took a dig at Novak Djokovic's impersonation of her serve, saying all she needed to mimic the Serbian funnyman's action was a bouncing tennis ball.
MELBOURNE: Russia's Maria Sharapova took a dig at Novak Djokovic's impersonation of her serve Wednesday, saying all she needed to mimic the Serbian funnyman's action was a bouncing tennis ball.
The men's number three cracked up the Australian Open crowd with his impression of Sharapova's serving action Tuesday, apeing her looking in the mirror and preening then pushing her hair behind each ear before serving.
Sharapova labelled Djokovic's antics "kinda boring" after her second round win over Lindsay Davenport and said she would have no trouble copying his own distinctive serve, which involves repeatedly bouncing the ball.
"We'd need a really long time because all I'll need is a tennis ball and I'm just going to stand here and bounce the ball for a really long time before I serve," she said.
"We're going to be here all day long."
Unlike Djokovic, Sharapova refused to bow to the pleas of the Melbourne Park fans and give a courtside impression of the Serb.
"It's his thing, I don't want to take the glory from him," she said.
"He's got his own little thing going on, let him do it, I'm sure you guys are going to get bored of it.
"But it's fun any time you can get some entertainers out there."
Djokovic's impressions of his fellow tennis professionals have proved a hit with both tennis crowds and Internet browsers.
Video-sharing website YouTube has recorded more than a million hits for clips of him mimicing Rafael Nadal kissing his bicep and fiddling with his crotch, pulling a baseball cap down low over his eyes like Andy Roddick and copying Roger Federer applauding the crowd with his racquet.
Federer has described Djokovic as"walking a tightrope" but the player said Tuesday that he meant no offence.
"It's just that it's something that I think, in my opinion, brings up some positive energy and something different," he said.
"I don't like it when people comment about those kind of things in a negative way."
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