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The World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic, revealed in an exclusive interview how he and the Indian cricketing superstar, Virat Kohli, have been texting each other for a few years. The 36-year-old was speaking on the Sony Sports Network just days before heading into the Australian Open to win a record-setting 25th Grand Slam title.
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Novak Djokovic is currently equal to the former Australian women’s tennis player Margaret Court, who won 24 Grand Slam singles titles in her career, the first male or female player to achieve the monumental feat in tennis. The Serbian had equalled her record in September last year at the US Open after getting the better of the Russian Daniil Medvedev in three straight sets in the final at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
With just hours remaining before Novak Djokovic takes centre stage, his interview with former Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman was aired on Sony Sports Network in India. He went on to discuss his friendship with the former captain of the Indian cricket team and said, “Virat Kohli and I have been, you know, texting a little bit for few years. And we never got the chance to meet in person but it was really a privilege and honour to listen to him speak nicely about me. And I obviously admire all of his career and achievements and everything he has done.
Watch Novak Djokovic speak about his friendship with Virat Kohli and his cricketing skills here:
Novak Djokovic also had a hilarious take on his cricket skills and how he looks forward to perfecting it before coming to India. He remarked, “I started to play cricket, I am not very good at it, but you know obviously cricket being very big sport in Australia and of course India. You know, let’s say that I have a task to perfect my cricket skills before I get to India so that I don’t embarrass myself when I am there.”
Notably, Novak Djokovic is scheduled to open his Australian Open men’s singles campaign in the first round against the Croatian Dino Prizmic Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday, January 14.
