Djokovic practises with son, seven, ahead of Wimbledon quarter-final

Novak Djokovic has been practising at Wimbledon with his young son ahead of the quarter-finals.

The defending champion was pictured playing with seven-year-old Stefan on Court Three at Aorangi Park – the practice court in the south-west London grounds – ahead of his next match against Italian Jannik Sinner later this week.

Footage shared on social media shows Stefan throwing his father the ball as the top seed worked on his serve.

The pair could also be seen playing around as the seven-year-old jumped on his father’s back.

It comes after Djokovic shared a photo of his son last week, in which they both are seen hitting a forearm in similar poses.

Posting the pictures to Twitter, he wrote the caption: “So cool to see this” and tagged his wife Jelena.

Asked about the photos after his fourth-round win against Dutch player Tim van Rijthoven on Sunday, Djokovic said his son is “in love with tennis right now”.

Referring to suggestions that his son’s swing looks like that of Rafael Nadal, the 35-year-old joked: “Yeah, no. He likes to do that. He likes to intimidate me on the court with finishing the swing here.”

So cool to see this