Novak Djokovic plays the violin for fans after Paris Olympics gold medal triumph; video goes viral

Novak Djokovic swapped his tennis racket for a violin and entertained the fans while celebrating his Olympic gold.

Novak Djokovic plays the violin for fans after Paris Olympics gold medal triumph; video goes viral

Novak Djokovic (Via Imago/X)

A video of Novak Djokovic playing violin for the fans after his Paris Olympics triumph has gone viral online. The Serbian recently joined two violinists to showcase another one of his hidden skills. He swapped his racket for the musical instrument and entertained the fans.

Djokovic is fresh off a Paris Olympics gold medal win. Despite not being in the best of forms this year, he fought hard at the Summer Games and came out on top.

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From beating Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the second round to making it to the final, Djokovic improved along the way, making him harder to beat. Despite facing a hiccup en route to the final, the Serbian side-stepped it and went on to beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(3),7-6(2) to win gold for his country.

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The celebrations began as soon as he stood up on the podium with the gold medal. In the course of his celebrations since, a video of him playing the violin with other popular violinists has been making the rounds on the internet.

Sarah McElravy and Julian Rachlin were joined by the Serbian, who borrowed a violin and played along with them. Fans were seen vibing in the background and the ones online have been raving about it.

Djokovic has recently started to do his now-iconic violin celebrations to honor his daughter. After every win, the Serbian made sure to do the celebration and for the first time picked up an actual violin to showcase his skills with the instrument.

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Novak Djokovic gets a 2.5% increase in followers since Olympic gold

Novak Djokovic, a global superstar of tennis, recently saw a major spike in online followers since his win at the Olympics. There has been a myth going around that the Serbian is one of the most disliked tennis players but after his recent win against Carlos Alcaraz, he gained an impressive 364,547 followers on Instagram.

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Novak Djokovic (Image via Imago)

Currently, the 37-year-old has 15.3 million followers on Instagram. While he is currently not the tennis player with the most followers, he is well en route to claiming that title. Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are both ahead of him with 17.3 and 21.5 Million followers, respectively.

Recently, the Serbian also got the highest likes for an Instagram post. His recent Olympics gold post surpassed the number of likes Roger Federer‘s iconic farewell post got.

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