Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have a close relationship with Russian women's players. An interesting story about the two stars of the felt ball village has just been shared by Masha.
Novak Djokovic once took Maria Sharapova to dinner by winning a funny betting between the two tennis stars. When the two were in the early stages of the professional career, Djokovic – at that time was eagerly impressed with Sharapova – invited her to a Japanese restaurant just a few weeks before the Indian Wells.
Currently married to Jelena Rontic since 2014 and has a full family life, but there was a time when Djokovic had an eye on Sharapova. In a match in La Quinta, the Serbian player bet that if he won the match, she would have to have dinner with him.
Sharapova recounted the incident during the live broadcast on Djokovic's Instagram in 2020: “I remember that we played a match between men and women confronting each other, and Nole said if you win, I have to invite you to dinner. I thought, 'Yeah, okay, this boy thinks who is that?'.
Then he won, and he said, 'Go eat tonight. We will go to Japanese restaurant. ' You like, 'Really? You and me, go to dinner? Tonight always? '. So we went to eat.
Very comedy, because he also brought an old Kodak camera and asked to take photos to help. I feel like I just brought myself … Auction in exchange for that dinner! ”.
In another interview on Podcast “Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast”, Sharapova added: “I remember that the two had just won the first Grand Slam, and I was on the way reached the peak. His body did not catch the level of technology. admirable ”.
Djokovic and Sharapova – who won 5 Grand Slam titles in his brilliant career – so far still retain close friends. Djokovic currently has two children and his wife Jelena, and Sharapova has a son with his fiancé – English businessman Alexander Gilkes.
The 25th Grand Slam title has been evading Djokovic since the US Open 2023 championship. He will hope to end the thirst for the title at Wimbledon this summer.