{"id":129268,"date":"2025-09-03T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/129268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:26:08","slug":"djokovic-does-a-kpop-demon-hunters-dance-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/129268\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic does a ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ dance at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Novak Djokovic celebrated beating Taylor Fritz<\/a> in the U.S. Open<\/a> quarterfinals with some dance moves to music from the hit movie \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d<\/a> that were taught to him by his daughter, Tara, who turned 8 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

After meeting Fritz at the net when the 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win was over, Djokovic began his little jig in Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 24-time Grand Slam champion called the victory \u201ca big present for\u201d Tara, who is not at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

Djokovic figures Tara will rate his performance when she watches it Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at home doing different choreographies, and this is one of them,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully I\u2019ll make her smile when she wakes up in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained during his on-court interview that the dance is based on \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d the Sony Pictures\/Netflix movie<\/a> that has topped the streamer\u2019s global rankings. Fans have flooded the internet with art, covers, cosplay and choreography connected to film, which follows the fictional K-pop girl group HUNTR\/X as they fight demons.<\/p>\n

The \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d soundtrack debuted at No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Soundtracks chart and No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

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