Novak Djokovic Responds After Virat Kohli Shares Intriguing Story Involving Tennis Star

One of the finest tennis stars to have graced the game, Novak Djokovic gears up for the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open 2024. As the tennis ace started his preparation for the 2-week long tournament, he received a good luck greeting from India's marquee cricketer Virat Kohli. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video where Kohli spoke about his admiration for Djokovic and also narrated an intriguing tale about his first contact with the Serbian tennis star. Seeing the video spread like wildfire on social media, Djokovic has responded.

In the video, Kohli revealed that he once organically decided to send a message to Djokovic on Instagram. But to his surprise, the tennis maestro had already messaged him, marking the beginning of their friendship.

"I got in touch with Novak very organically, I was just looking at his profile once on Instagram and I just happened to press the message button. I thought I'll just say hello, maybe," Kohli revealed on BCCI 'X' ahead of his T20 comeback against Afghanistan at Indore.

"And then I saw a message from him on my DM already. I never opened it myself. So, first time I saw my own messages myself, I saw, he messaged me himself. And I was like, let me just check if it's a fake account or something like that.

"But then I checked it again and it was legitimate. And then, yeah, we got talking. We keep exchanging messages every now and then. I congratulated him for all his amazing achievements." The two athletes quickly found common ground, regularly exchanging congratulatory messages on their respective achievements. They both are also epitome of supreme fitness allowing them to excel even in their mid 30s.

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