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The young ones of Novak Djokovic are eager to follow in their father’s footsteps. Currently, the legendary Serb is competing in the ATP Finals, the year-end competition and during his practice sessions, he had some special visitors. It was none other than his little son Stefan and daughter Tara.

Despite several difficulties, the Serbian player is having a fantastic season. The tennis giant is ready to win the year-end competition and equal the record of the Swiss Maestro Roger Federer.

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Fans gush over Djokovic’s son trying the failed smash

During his practice session at the ATP Finals, the 21-time Grand Slam champion was joined by his children. While Djokovic‘s daughter was occupied spending time with her father, his 8-year-old son was practicing the well-known ‘failed’ Djokovic smash, which was applauded by fans. Fans have been coming up with hilarious reactions over the video of the 8-year-old practicing the smash.

A fan pointed out the similarities between the father and the son, as he wrote, Like father like son” and another fan believes it’s a family legacy, that djokosmash will be the family’s legacy for years to come.”

A fan called Stefan daddy’s boy” trying to follow his father.

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Another fan tweeted, “Don’t pass it on to your children” (Translated using Google Translate)

While other fans cannot stop adoring the little Djokovic, here are some more comments.

A fan also called his children his pride and wrote, “PRIDE OF PAPA DJOKO” (Translated using Google Translate)

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Novak Djokovic marks his 60th career win against the top three

The 21-time Grand Slam champion is the only tennis player to have 60 career victories over the Top 3 players since the ATP ranking was introduced in 1973. The tennis star overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening match of the ATP Finals for the ninth time in a row and also earned his 60th victory among the top three players.

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Rafael Nadal has won 55 matches against the top three in his career, and Roger Federer, has 51 wins. The Big Three have maintained an almost-peak ATP ranking for most of their careers. Notably, out of Djokovic’s sixty victories, 23 were over the Swiss Maestro, 22 over the Spaniard, and 10 over Andy Murray, and one against Andy Roddick, Ferrer, Juan Martin del Potro, Daniil Medvedev and now, Tsitsipas.

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