Sporting royalty graced Arduous Rock Stadium on Friday as Lionel Messi watched Novak Djokovic in motion within the semifinal of the Miami Open.
After Djokovic breezed to victory in simply 69 minutes, Messi greeted him within the locker room. The 2 sporting icons “exchanged gifts” and shared pleasantries. Djokovic revealed one other fascinating tidbit from their assembly in his post-match information convention.
In keeping with Djokovic, one in every of Messi’s sons wasn’t all that impressed by his straight-sets win over Grigor Dimitrov and felt he might have performed higher. The 24-time main winner added that he had been challenged to up his recreation in Sunday’s final against Jakob Mensik.
“I used to be rated by one in every of his sons at present as 8/10, which is fairly good,” Djokovic told reporters. “He, with a critical face, instructed me I’ve to make 10 out of 10 subsequent match. So, I’ve fairly a little bit of strain from Messi’s son there. Yeah, we joked round. It was good to satisfy along with his entire household. It was very touching second for me as a result of it is one factor that he comes, however then bringing his entire household, his youngsters, his spouse. As a younger father myself, I do know what which means. I used to be very touched by that.”
