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<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic
\n Tom Brady jokes about Djokovic\u2019s football throw: ‘More confident than some on Sunday’<\/p>\n
Serbian is chasing his sixth Indian Wells title<\/p>\n
March 06, 2026<\/p>\n
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Novak Djokovic and Tom Brady shared a laugh on Instagram on Friday.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
There are plenty of ways to warm up for a big tournament, but Novak Djokovic<\/a> added a little NFL flair to his preparations ahead of the BNP Paribas Open<\/a> in Indian Wells.<\/p>\n The Serbian star shared a light-hearted clip on Instagram from the California desert, where he posted footage of himself launching a spiral with an American football. The Serbian had a very specific person in mind when he shared it.<\/p>\n After sending the ball sailing downfield, Djokovic tagged seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady in the caption with a playful question: \u201cGood form?\u201d<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take long for the NFL legend to notice, with Brady delivering a quick-fired response.<\/p>\n \u201cActually you look a lot more confident out there than a lot of the guys I watch on Sunday,\u201d Brady replied, leaning into the joke and giving Djokovic\u2019s throwing motion a glowing review.<\/p>\n The interaction is the latest between the two sporting greats. Djokovic and Tom Brady have crossed paths several times in recent years, including at the US Open<\/a> and Roland Garros<\/a>, where the NFL legend has been spotted watching the 101-time tour-level titlist in action.<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Djokovic’s 2026 start: ‘I’ve proven to myself & others, why not keep going?’<\/a><\/p>\n Djokovic is chasing a record sixth title in Indian Wells this fortnight, having last triumphed at the ATP Masters 1000 event in 2016. The 38-year-old Serbian, who is 6-1 on the year according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, will face Kamil Majchrzak<\/a> in his opening-round match on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic Tom Brady jokes about Djokovic\u2019s football throw: ‘More confident than some on Sunday’ Serbian is chasing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-524302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u201cATP\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768144283_348_atp-no-1-club-banner-article.jpg\")
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