has explained his new 'violin' celebration after winning matches at . Following his win over Alexei Popyrin on Saturday, the seven-time champion put his racket over his shoulder and pretended to play the violin before blowing a kiss. The 37-year-old busted out the same celebration after defeating Holger Rune in straight sets on Monday evening and Djokovic has now revealed the sentimental reason behind the new addition.
The father-of-two confirmed to Serbian media over the weekend that he was miming playing the instrument as a tribute to his daughter. Djokovic's six-year-old, Tara, has recently begun learning to play the violin and the tennis legend explained he had promised that he would mark her progress with his post-match celebration. "My Tara has been playing the violin for some time, six months, and it was our agreement that I would celebrate like that.
" Djokovic went on to explain that he had always wanted a trademark celebration of his own: "[Usain] Bolt! [Cristiano] Ronaldo and that ‘sui’, I also like [Andre] Agassi’s waving with a kiss when he bows. Guga [Gustavo Kuerten] at Roland Garros with heart, [Jo-Wilfried] Tsonga had that interesting football one, there are interesting ones, [Jude] Bellingham, it simply spreads its arms, [Carlos] Alcaraz did that, I did that at Roland Garros. "It’s interesting and fun that we can take it from other sports, combine sports, it travels quickly through networks.
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