Coco Gauff Joins a Plethora of Fans in Pulling Off the ‘Brave’ Novak Djokovic Challenge

Being a professional tennis player requires a lot of hard work and dedication. Staying fit is one of the prerequisites that every professional player needs to have, and as we all know, despite being 36, Novak Djokovic is still killing the tennis world with his exceptional fitness levels. Recently, the Serbian came up with a nole challenge where he presented his exceptional fitness skills. However, not long after, the challenge was taken up by young WTA star, Coco Gauff.

In a recent revelation, the US Open Champion came ahead and accepted the challenge while revealing her fitness skills. Currently enjoying her time off the tennis courts, she seemed to maintain her fitness levels.

Coco Gauff takes on the Nole challenge and shows her exceptional fitness skills

In a recent revelation, Coco Gauff took to her Instagram to repost a story where she was trying her hands on the super difficult nole challenge which requires extreme balancing skills and composure. However, she successfully executed the challenge and completed it while showing her fitness skills.

A challenge for the brave 🤣 pic.twitter.com/t9V4FAnUkW

— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) December 15, 2023

Novak Djokovic, earlier in his video shared on Twitter introduced the challenge and captioned it “A challenge for the brave” while successfully executing his challenge. As it stands, the 19-year-old was really a brave kid to have successfully executed the challenge.

Thus, Coco Gauff joined the likes of Novak Djokovic where she showcased her exceptional fitness skills and successfully passed the challenge put up by the 24-time grand slam winner.

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While Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic not only showcased their supreme fitness skills, the two also rocked the tennis world by storm this year with their sensational performances. So much so, that they received special recognition this year.

Gauff and Djokovic received special recognition this year

The year is about to be over and looking back at the major highlights of 2023, two names definitely stand out of the rest, Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff. The Serbian won 3 grand slams this year and etched his name in history by winning 24 career grand slams. On the other hand, Coco Gauff won her maiden title at the US Open aged just 19. Being an American, she brought glory home after Serena Williams did it.

Thus, seeing the exceptional records that the two have set this year, they were awarded the ‘Most Marketable Player’ in tennis in 2023. The players are judged annually for the SportsPro Most Marketable Athlete Award according to their ‘Marketability Score,’ which is made up of three different factors: economics, brand strength, and total addressable market. Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff were placed 11th and 12th respectively, in the award ceremony.

Thus, the two stars, who have taken 2023 by storm received special recognition in the tennis world by being claimed to be the most marketable players in the game. With the stage set for 2024, they would be willing to keep their form going and win more accolades.

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