Novak Djokovic imitates Boris Becker in latest victory
Defending champion imitates his coach on the court and off to leave Italian opponent Fognini powerless and cruise into the quarter-finals
Novak Djokovic offered his best impersonation of new coach Boris Becker on and off the court in another flawless performance as he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open yesterday.
The three-time defending champion crushed Italy's 15th seed Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 to book his place in the last eight without losing a set.
The Serb dropped just 10 points on his serve - Becker's speciality - in the entire match and Fognini was left to resort to joking around in the third set in an attempt to distract his second-seeded opponent.
I'm going to gain a few kilos and have to colour my hair in order to do the proper Becker imitation
But the real fun came afterwards when the Serb impersonated the service action, walk and mannerisms of Becker, as the German looked on from the stands.
"I saw his facial reactions," Djokovic said. "The first impression, when I did all the serves, he was happy and was applauding.
"When I said how he is today with his problems in the back and everything, he was not so happy about that. He was upset. But, no, it's all for good laughs.
"It's actually the first time after a long time that I've actually done a Becker imitation. I don't know how I was.
"Was it OK? I'm going to gain a few kilos and have to colour my hair in order to do the proper Becker imitation," Djokovic joked.