Novak Djokovic, one of the biggest tennis champions, had a surprising fan who, during his dramatic victory in Wimbledon-Indian cricket super-star Kohl, encouraged him. Djokovic, fresh from Gutsa Comeback against Australian Alex de Minaur, acknowledged for a while that Kohli’s Instagram was screaming the most Djokovic: with quiet gratitude and laser focus.
Kohli, clearly biased by Djokovic resistance in the Central Court, described the Serb as a “gladiator” after watching him, how he returned from a one-time deficit, eventually participated in the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Aussie looked dominant early and even led 4-1 in the fourth set, seemingly pushing the match towards the fifth. But in the real fashion of the champion, Djokovic threw five direct games to seal his place in the quarterfinals.
“What victory! For Gladiator it was a business,” Kohli wrote about his story InstagramSharing clip from the match.
Djokovic saw the message and answered simply, but meaningfully with his four -class post: “Thank you for your support,” Kohli’s homage to social media acknowledges.
“Virat Kohli and I have strengthened sending sending for several years and never got a chance to meet personally, but it was really a privilege and honor to listen to how well he talks about me. I obviously admire all my careers and successes and everything I did.” years old.
38 -year -old Djokovic, who became the third player in history on Saturday to win 100 Wimbledon Match (after Martin Navratilova and Roger Federer) chased an even greater history. 25. The title Grand Slam would take him around the Margaret Court record and brought him a level with Federer for the most Wimbledon titles from man-OSM.
“I don’t know how I feel to be honest. I’m still trying to process the whole match and what happened in the court. It wasn’t a great start for me, it was a great start for Alex,” said tired Djokovic in court.
“He was just managing the game better from the back of the court and I didn’t have many solutions. I was very pleased to hang hard at the right moments and win this one.”
The Serb now proceeds to the quarterfinals for the 16th time at the All England Club, where it will face the Italian Flavio Cobollima.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
8 July 2025
