The number one in world tennis, Novak Djokovic took advantage of his stay in Los Angeles to watch the Galaxy’s match against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on Sunday, so the Serbian was grateful for the opportunity to witness what he himself classified as an “American football” experience.
With a message on his social networks, in which the Balkan tennis player is usually quite active, he showed his gratitude to both teams for the invitation to the match that was played at the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in California that ended with a 1-1 draw. 1 thanks to a goal on the hour mark by Argentine star Lionel Messi.
“Many thanks to the LA Galaxy, Inter Miami and MLS for the hospitality. “It was a great American football experience.”Novak Djokovic commented this Monday in a publication that he accompanied with several images and a video of what the Sunday experience was like in the Major League Soccer matchday that is just beginning.
Djokovic, who was accompanied by his son Stefan and former Serbian basketball player, Vlade Divac, He did not miss the opportunity to greet Lionel Messi, the biggest star of world football with whom he has already had other meetings, one of them in New York in the month of August and who was portrayed on his networks by one of the owners of Inter Miami, businessman Jorge Mas.
The 36-year-old Serbian is on American soil as part of his acclimatization for what will be his participation in the Indian Wells, the Masters 1,000 that will be held in California between March 6 and 17 where ‘Nole’ will be seeking to dethrone the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, champion of the last edition of the tournament after beating the Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic arrived in Los Angeles last Friday with the Spanish Rafael Nadal with whom he coincided on the flight who brought them from Spain. The image of both living tennis legends, posing inside the plane, which the Serbian also uploaded on his official social networks, quickly went viral and demonstrated a good relationship between the two.
Established at the top of the ATP ranking
The Serbian Novak Djokovic remains firmly in first place in the ATP rankings despite the pressure that the young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is putting on him, who will seek to retain his Indian Wells title won last year.
At 36 years old, the Serbian accumulates a total of 9,855 points ahead of the Spaniard, second on the list, with 8,805 units. He is followed by the Italian Jannik Sinner (8,270) and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (8,015).
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