WATCH: Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov perform hilarious striptease, draw loud cheers from the crowd during exhibition match in Bulgaria
Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov delighted the crowd during their exhibition match in Sofia, with their tennis skills on the court and interesting antics off it. The duo turned up the heat inside the arena with a hilarious striptease, providing spectators with a moment they will never forget.
Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov re-united for the 'Postbank Visa Tennis Gala,' an exhibition event benefiting the latter's foundation, on September 17 at the Arena Sofia Hall in Bulgaria. This was the second exhibition event involving the two players in recent years after they played the Adria Tour in Serbia in June 2020. In Sofia, they delighted the fans with amazing groundstrokes and a shirt change-turned-striptease.
It all started when Djokovic headed to his chair to change his shirt and started grooving to the background music in the arena barechested, drawing loud cheers from the fans. The Serb fed off the energy from the fans and even performed some pushups. He then taunted Dimitrov to follow his lead, and the Bulgarian happily obliged, slowly removing his shirt and flaunting his abs.
You can watch the entire clip of the hilarious striptease below:
Dimitrov ultimately won the friendly contest, 6-4, 2-6 (10-6). After the match ended, Djokovic put on a show again. The Serb made good use of his singing skills and led the crowd in a song to commemarate the event.
Novak Djokovic lays out limited schedule for rest of 2024
Novak Djokovic will play a very few tournament until the end of the year. The Serb has announced that from now on, he is will not prioritize quailfication for the 2024 ATP Finals or his standing in the ATP Rankings. Instead, his prime focus for the rest of his career is going to be Grand Slams and representing Serbia at the international level.
"I am not chasing a place on the ATP list, nor the Final Masters. Those are not my goals, honestly. As for me, I finished my career in other tournaments. I don't know if I will play them in the future or this year," Djokovic told the media.
"My priorities are playing for the national team and grand slams, everything else is less important. Now I need a physical, mental, and emotional rest in order to decide what and how to proceed, how much and where," he added.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion recently played for Serbia in the World Group 1 of the 2024 Davis Cup, helping his team to a 4-1 victory over Greece. The Serbs will this play the Davis Cup qualifiers in 2025. After the exhibition match in Sofia, the 37-year-old confirmed that fans will next see him compete at the Shanghai Masters in China, which will be played from October 2 to 13.
After this, the next item on the former World No.1's schedule for 2024 at the moment is the Six Kings Slam, an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia, played in October. As for the 2024 ATP Finals, the Serb is outside the automatic eight qualification spots for the time being.