The two-time Australian Open winner had a cheeky response to being questioned about her chances against the 24-time Grand Slam title winner.
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka (image via IMAGO)
The two-time Australian Open champ has already given a savage reply to a fan asking for her spicy picture. She also showed her golfing skills in reply to another fan’s question. This time, however, it was a different question altogether.
The Belarusian was asked if she can defeat ATP World No. 1 Novak Djokovic if they potentially play a match. The two players have become fan favorites in recent times due to their on-court antics together. These antics were especially visible at the 2024 Australian Open before the start of the tournament.
Playing together as a mixed doubles partner, Sabalenka made a funny comment on Nole’s backside. He responded by further flexing it, leaving everyone in splits. They had teamed up for exhibition matches at Melbourne Park, where this incident happened.
Answering the fan’s question, Sabalenka gave a cheeky reply while sharing a small boomerang video along with it.
Wrote Sabalenka.
Aryna Sabalenka (Image via Sabalenka’s Instagram story)
Aryna Sabalenka has always spoken highly of Novak Djokovic and their friendship
Sabalenka and Djokovic are one of the rarest pairs of top players being friends across the WTA and ATP Tour. The two were even on the same team during the off-season tournament in Dubai in 2023.
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka (Image via Open Source)
The Belarusian had talked about how Nole had sent her a special message after she replaced Iga Swiatek as the World No. 1 last season. Apart from this, she also revealed the Serb was always available to give her important advices about managing different things on the Tour.
Surely, her reply was only in a funny way, and fans can relax about Nole getting offended by it. Sabalenka had even hailed Djokovic as an inspiration for winning the title at the Wimbledon Championships. But she failed in the semi-finals of the 2023 edition.
She had also made it to the last four in the 2021 edition before getting banned in 2022. But given the guidance from the seven-time Wimbledon singles winner and her grass court expertise, it looks inevitable for Sabalenka to win the coveted Grand Slam trophy.
