Novak Djokovic acknowledges Virat Kohli's 'gladiator' shoutout at Wimbledon
Djokovic saw the message and responded simply but meaningfully with a four-word post of his own: "Thank you for supporting," acknowledging Kohli's tribute on social media.
"Virat Kohli and I have been texting a little bit for a few years and we never got the chance to meet in person, but it was really a privilege and an honour to listen to him speak nicely about me. I obviously admire all of his career and achievements and everything he has done. I started to play cricket. I'm not very good at it, but you know, obviously cricket being a very big, big sport in Australia and of course India... You know, let's say that I'll have a task to perfect my cricket skills before I get to India so that I don't embarrass myself when I'm there," Djokovic had said a few years ago.The 38-year-old Djokovic, who on Saturday became just the third player in history to notch 100 Wimbledon match wins (after Martina Navratilova and Roger Federer), is chasing even greater history. A 25th Grand Slam title would take him past Margaret Court's all-time record and bring him level with Federer for the most Wimbledon titles by a man—eight."I don't know how I'm feeling to be honest. I'm still trying to process the whole match and what happened on the court. It wasn't a great start for me, it was a great start for Alex," a weary Djokovic said on court."He was just managing the play better from the back of the court, and I didn't have many solutions. I was very pleased to hang tough in the right moments and win this one."The Serb now advances to the quarterfinals for a 16th time at the All England Club, where he'll face Italy's Flavio Cobolli. - EndsMust Watch
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