Currently, ATP world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic along with former player Maria Sharapova were together on Instagram Live.
Currently, ATP world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic along with former player Maria Sharapova were together on Instagram Live.
The duo spoke about everything under the sun and the five-time Grand Slam-winning champion Sharapova recalled one of her first encounters with the Serbian tennis player.
The two indulged in a mixed doubles match, and Djokovic challenged Sharapova that if he won, she would have to take him out for dinner.
“I remember we played this little exhibition. I was young, you were young, way before you had any Grand Slam titles. I don’t know if you’d even won a tournament at that point,” Sharapova recalled.
“You said that if you’d win, I would have to pay dinner. I was like, ‘Okay, whatever, who is this kid?’” Sharapova said.
“You won and you were like, ‘We have dinner tonight. We’re going to the Japanese place!’ I was like, ‘Are you serious? You and me, going to dinner, tonight?’ So we did. We ended up going to dinner and it was so funny because you pulled out I think it was an old Kodak camera and you asked the waiter to take a photo of us… and here we are,” she further said.
While hearing about the memory, Djokovic was left in splits and admitted that the entire incident was true. “Maria is saying the truth,” Djokovic said. “I think you were fanboying,” Sharapova replied.
Djokovic further went on to recall that he lost the camera and the photograph. Then he further joked: “You have to admit to everyone here that you lost on purpose!”
As for the players, Djokovic had competed in a hard-fought Australian Open finale against Dominic Thiem to claim his 17th Grand Slam title while Sharapova had announced her retirement from the sport in February this year.
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