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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 31: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune of Denmark during his Men’s Singles first round match on Day Two of the 2021 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 31: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune of Denmark during his Men’s Singles first round match on Day Two of the 2021 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
The ATP Finals 2021 will kick off from today and fans are exhilarated for the year-end tournament. Many tennis superstars, including the likes of Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev will headline the year-end championships this year.
Daniil Medvedev will begin as the defending champion as he defeated Dominic Thiem in 2020. However, his path won’t be easy as the World no.1 Novak Djokovic looks in great form at the moment. Nole recently had a hilarious interaction with the Tik Tok star, Khaby Lame ahead of the event.
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Novak Djokovic spends some fun time with famous Tik Tok influencer at ATP Finals 2021
During practice, Djokovic met renowned Tik Tok influencer, Khaby Lame. Interestingly, Khaby did some brilliant tricks with a tennis ball that shocked and impressed the Serbian legend.
Posted @withregram • @nittoatpfinals @khaby00 got moves, just ask @djokernole 🤷♂️🤲
I love it ❤️ pic.twitter.com/dFgRSf6z8t
— michel_itsme (@itsme_michel) November 13, 2021
First he started to bounce the ball on his tennis racquet, then suddenly caught it on his back, like a professional footballer, and then started bouncing the ball again. Watching all this, Djokovic became really cheerful and then did the signature step of Khaby as they both laughed.
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Djokovic can level yet another Roger Federer record at the ATP Finals 2021
Djokovic has won five ATP Finals titles in his career so far. Intriguingly, he won four of them back-to-back during the time period of 2012-2015. However, since 2015, despite playing a couple of finals, he has not been successful there.
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PARIS, FRANCE May 23. Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Roger Federer of Switzerland great each other as they cross over training sessions on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the 2019 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on May 23rd 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
If Djokovic emerges as the winner of the ATP Finals 2021, he will equalize Roger Federer’ record for the most number of ATP Finals titles (6). Since the Swiss Maestro and Rafael Nadal are not featuring at the tournament this year, Nole has a golden opportunity of levelling yet another Federer record.
Novak Djokovic will begin his ATP Finals 2021 campaign against Casper Ruud tomorrow. Fans have huge expectations from him and want him to end his 2021 season on a high. Will he be able to conquer Turin this year?
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