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The veteran Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic locked horns with R. Carballes Baena in his match of the first round at the Rod Laver Arena. The former dominated most part of the match and finished the match on a winning note with a thumping margin of 6-3, 6-4, and 6-0.
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Apart from his brilliance in the match, Djokovic made it to the headlines of social media for his response to a fan during the live match. A fan happened to shut up a fellow spectator at the moment when the Serbian superstar was taking his serve.
Subsequently, the 21-time grand slam winner Djokovic happened to say ‘thank you’ to the fan. The video of this incident went immediately viral on social media within minutes of being shared by a user on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
The reaction from Djokovic drew some hilarious reactions from the fans in the comment section of the video posted on the official Twitter handle of the Australian open.
Here’s the video when Novak Djokovic thanked the fan:
"Thank you." 😂@DjokerNole • #AusOpen • #AO2023 pic.twitter.com/jUBsSKOllx
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 19, 2023
Here's how fans reacted:
What a moment. What a guy 😂 ❤️
— Ana (@_anatc0) January 19, 2023
IDEMO NOLE 🙌🏼
That was awesome.
— MacGregor (@madmacx71) January 19, 2023
— Jai D (@Ja3y3) January 19, 2023
He’s great
— Natalie (@Natty0909) January 19, 2023
Gotta love the Djokester...🤣
— TennisFitnessTips.com (@TennisFitTips) January 19, 2023
😂 the greatest fan and player in history?
— rod out of context (@rodvivanco) January 19, 2023
Why nothing was said or done by the chair empire is the question.
— Pholosopher (@inokungfu) January 19, 2023
Rubbish
— Viktor (@Viktor_YZ) January 19, 2023
he told the people screaming to shut up
— :) (@CharlesLeGOAT) January 19, 2023
"Tennis God" has always been a gentleman before scoundrels.👍
— Zoran (@Dogovoreno) January 19, 2023
Well done to Novak Djokovic.👏
♥️🇷🇸♥️🇲🇪💪👏👍
Idemooo po 10 x 🏆
Speaking of the entire action of the match, the veteran right-handed backhand dominated Spanish star Baena almost in all sections of the match. Djokovic had earned 9 aces in comparison to 4 of Baena. Whereas, the former had 70% of first serves to his name which was 14% more than that of Roberto.
The Wimbledon champion also dominated his opponent in terms of wins in the receiving points as he earned 38 points, 23 more than the points secured by the 29-year-old Spanish two-handed backhand.
Now, Djokovic will take on Bulgaria’s one-handed backhand Grigor Dimitrov in his match in the third round on Sunday, the 21st of January at the Rod Laver Arena.