Novak Djokovic did not have the start to his clay campaign as he may have liked. He lost his first-round match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, but he did put up a valiant fight!

Regardless of his Monte Carlo experience, he also had some fun with two eminent athlete guests at the tournament- Neymar Jr and Marco Verratti. Both Neymar and Marco are professional football players and some of the bests in the world right now. The 20-time Grand Slam champion engaged in a short round of “‘keepie-uppies’ with the duo.

The trio seemed to be enjoying themselves thoroughly amidst a backdrop of majestic mountains and a sea of people trying to get a glimpse of so many sporting greats in one place!

Novak Djokovic is also quite a skillful football player

Ahead of his first match since the Dubai Tennis Championships, Novak Djokovic collaborated with other legends of another sport. Neymar is one of the most well-known players in the world, having scored 71 goals for Brazil while Verratti is regarded as one of Europe’s most skilled and tenacious midfielders.

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Neymar and Verratti are two of the most well-known players in French football’s premier level Ligue 1 team, Paris Saint-Germain, situated in Paris, has won seven of the last nine league titles with Neymar and Verratti guiding their ascension to one of Europe’s elite teams.

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Djokovic’s skill with the racquet is known to the world. But he also showed off his dribbling skills with a football beside two professional footballers.

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Fans were surely waiting for Djokovic’s return to the court as well. The Serb has been forced to miss quite a few tournaments owing to his vaccination status. This was a problem because most countries had vaccine mandates, but now given how the pandemic is progressing, they are reviewing their policies. As a result, things have been looking up for the Serb.

Another top player Alexander Zverev and Marcelo Melo also met Neymar and clicked pictures together. Melo, who is a wild card entrant to the tournament is looking for an attempt at his 10th Masters title, Zverev is looking to win the only clay-court Masters 1000 event he hasn’t won yet, and meanwhile, Djokovic, who is a four-time finalist at Monte-Carlo, was looking to win 86th tour-level title!