“When the Dull, Humourless Guy Tries to Be Funny”: Tennis Fans Have a Go at Novak Djokovic for His Dance Moves, Flood Twitter With Memes

Atharva Upasani | 26/12/2023
"When the Dull, Humourless Guy Tries to Be Funny": Tennis Fans Have a Go at Novak Djokovic for His Dance Moves, Flood Twitter With Memes

Novak Djokovic is still making headlines in the off-season. The Serbian is getting ready for the new season ahead which is set to start with the Australian Open. The defending champion is back practicing on court after a mini vacation. However, a recent viral video on ‘X’ in which Djokovic is seeing dancing has got the fans talking.

Djokovic was showing off his dance skills on court before the Australian Open. The Serbian was wearing what could be his official outfit for the first Grand Slam of the year. In the video, Djokovic is seen awkwardly moving his body and dancing, but that has not impressed the fans.

The tennis community on social media trolled the Serbian for trying to dance and called it funny. Many people thought Djokovic was trying too hard to be funny. Also, others felt the awkwardness around the video and called it ‘cringe’.

 

Novak Djokovic shakes his leg with kids in Dubai

Novak Djokovic was preparing himself for the new season in Dubai. The Serbian superstar will began his Australian leg of the season on 1st January after returning from Dubai. However, recently, a video went viral on social media where the Serbian was seen preparing a TikTok style dance video with kids.

Djokovic was having a great time imitating the dance movements from TikTok and enjoying the company of five young people. The Serbian even performed the ‘dab’ a few times. Young Russian Timur  Gordeev thanked the Serbian for his time.

Gordeev dubbed Djokovic as the tennis Santa, and even the kids enjoyed his company. Now, the Serbian superstar is set to travel to Australia to defend his Australian Open title in Melbourne.

 

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Atharva Upasani

Possessing a Masters degree in Sports Journalism, Atharva is a Tennis Journalist at The SportsRush. Atharva has come a long way from just being a tennis enthusiast to writing more than 300 articles on the sport. He has the 2012 Australian Open final to thank for cultivating within him a strong interest in tennis in which Novak Djokovic beat his favorite player, Rafael Nadal. Besides Nadal, his favorite athletes are cricketer Virat Kohli and Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes.

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