Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova - memories of the first date
Novak Djokovic has entertained his fans very well via Instagram in the past weeks. The youngest guest was Maria Sharapova on Tuesday evening.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: May 06, 2020, 11:58 am
Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic canceled the import of the Instagram chat on Tuesday without replacement. The two legends plunged into their shared history at full speed. Which has manifested itself in a few commercials for HEAD in the recent past. The last time she hit Djokovic between the legs, Sharapova said. And worried about him seriously. No problem, countered Djokovic, he finally got "New Balls". And that worked very well for him.
The early phase of their professional relationship was rather one-sided, Sharapova recalled, who played her last professional match at the Australian Open in early 2020. Djokovic and she had fought a mixed exhibition fight against each other, after which she almost forced Nole to go to a restaurant with him for dinner. There, in turn, a souvenir photo was taken with an old Kodak camera in the pre-cell phone era. That is as lost as the camera.
Sharapova successful earlier
Although Maria Sharapova and Novak Djokovic were born in the same year (1987), the star of the Russian rose earlier on the big stage - with her victory at Wimbledon in 2004 in the final against Serena Williams. Djokovic had to wait longer for his major breakthrough, he won his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2008 Australian Open. Sharapova has closely monitored the development of her peer.
That Novak Djokovic has been one of the fittest players on the ATP tour for years has won her respect. “At the beginning of your career you had so many problems with your body and longer matches. I remember watching you on the sand with your cramps, and I was thinking: 'Will you ever get your shit together?' Obviously Djokovic has succeeded - the 17 titles in the four biggest tournaments on the tour are likely to grow to get.
Djokovic happy even on non-sports days
She has no desire for private tennis at the moment, said Sharapova. However, the competitive athlete would not get it from her system. A few days ago she didn't do anything athletic until early evening, and then suddenly found herself on the ergometer in the basement. And just thought: "Why actually?"
Novak Djokovic understands this. “If you're an athlete and used to these things, it's an integral part of the day. And it's almost impossible to think about days when you don't do anything. And be it just stretching, yoga, or the like. I always tried to do something. ”But in times of the pandemic, the world number one has found peace in this regard too: he has now come to terms with days without any sporting activity.