Djokovic and Sharapova look back on their first encounter

Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova have lengthy careers behind and now they looked back on one of their first meetings.

Maria is a bit older than Novak and when he was just turning pro, she has already won her first title at the Wimbledon and triumphed at the WTA Finals. A few years later, both Djokovic and Sharapova are one of the most successful tennis players in the history of the sport. In their Instagram Live stream, they shared how they first met.

“I remember we played this little exhibition. I was young, you were young, way before you had any Grand Slam titles. I don’t know if you’d even won a tournament at that point,” Sharapova recalled. “You said that if you’d win, I would have to pay dinner. I was like, ‘Okay, whatever, who is this kid?’ You won and you were like, ‘We have dinner tonight. We’re going to the Japanese place!’ I was like, ‘Are you serious? You and me, going to dinner, tonight?’ So we did. We ended up going to dinner and it was so funny because you pulled out I think it was an old Kodak camera and you asked the waiter to take a photo of us… and here we are.”

“Maria is saying the truth,” Djokovic said.

“I think you were fanboying,” Sharapova replied.

“You have to admit to everyone here that you lost on purpose!” he said, joking.

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