WATCH: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal Do a Funny Dance in Kazakhstan

Published 10/25/2019, 1:24 AM EDT

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The top two players in the world, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were engaged in a weird dance during their exhibition match for charity in Kazakhstan on Thursday.

The two goliaths of the sport enjoyed some of their time during the exhibition match – when they were asked to do all sorts of things on and off the court.

There was a bit awkward and humorous moment when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were asked to dance. While the Serbian enjoyed the offbeat moves and was in his zone but Rafael Nadal didn’t look to be too comfortable as he denied to dance and stepped backward while doing some half steps and laughing.

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A young kid also vaulted the wall to meet Rafael Nadal when he was watching the 16-time Grand Slam champion dancing with the audience. The kid was then rescued by the security.

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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were measured to help through their respective foundations for children and inaugurated the new Tennis Center in Kazakhstan.

The 19-time Grand Slam champion got the best of Djokovic during what was a tightly contested match at the 11,578-seat Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan. The Mallorcan managed to edge the 32-year-old out in the deciding tiebreaker to triumph 6-3, 3-6, 11-9. Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is the first President of Kazakhstan then paid tribute to both the players after their match.

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Nadal and Djokovic will now travel to Paris to participate at the last Masters 1000 event of the season followed by the Nitto ATP Finals in London In November and Davis Cup 2019 finals in Madrid.

 

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