Mardy Fish takes a cheeky dig at Novak Djokovic after USA defeated Serbia in Paris Olympics basketball semifinals coming back from a 15-point deficit

Mardy Fish took a light-hearted dig at Novak Djokovic after Team USA beat Serbia in a thrilling basketball semifinal clash at Paris Olympics.

Mardy Fish takes a cheeky dig at Novak Djokovic after USA defeated Serbia in Paris Olympics basketball semifinals coming back from a 15-point deficit

Serbia vs USA, Novak Djokovic, Mardy Fish (Images via X, Imago, Wikipedia)

Former American tennis star Mardy Fish pulled Novak Djokovic‘s legs in his latest tweet about a basketball game at the Paris Olympics. Team USA took on Serbia in the semifinals, during which the former came back from a 15-point deficit to beat Serbia and secure a place in the final. 

USA won the match with scores of 95-91. While celebrating USA’s win, Fish took to X and took a light-hearted dig at Serbian legend Djokovic by asking him who between the two teams won the semifinals. 

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Yo @DjokerNole I didn’t catch the end of the [USA flag] vs [Serbian flag] Basketball game. Who ended up winning that?
Mardy Fish wrote on X

Check his post here:

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This prompted the passionate Djokovic fans to criticize Fish and USA’s basketball matches at the Olympics, while some fans asked Fish about Djokovic’s tennis record against American players. Amidst all this, Fish again tweeted, joking that he wanted one fan just like Djokovic has millions of them. 

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Djokovic, at this Olympics took home the gold medal, by beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the summit clash with a scoreline of 7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-2) to become the only fifth player to complete the Career Golden Slam. The match at Roland Garros on August 4th was also Djokovic’s second final and the win, his first of this season. 

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Mardy Fish once felt his Olympic silver in singles was better than gold in mixed doubles

Mardy Fish reached the 2004 Olympic final in Athens but lost the match to Chile’s Nicolas Massu in five sets. During a podcast, he recalled a conversation with former Belarusian tennis player Max Mirnyi who won the gold in mixed doubles at the 2012 London Games. Fish felt his silver in singles was worth more than the gold in mixed doubles but changed his views after his conversation with Mirnyi.

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I was talking to Max Mirnyi. He got the gold (in mixed doubles), and I said, my silver is better than your gold. He looks at me dead in the eye and goes, 'In 20 years, no one's going to give a f*ck. What is this? It's a gold medal,'. And I was like, 'F*ck, you're right,'. It is 20 years now, and I think I'd rather have the gold.
Mardy Fish said on the Nothing Major Podcast 

Fish never was able to reach the semifinals in singles Grand Slam events but reached multiple quarterfinals. In doubles, his best performance came at the 2009 Wimbledon when he reached the semifinals. 

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