Watch tennis ace and Barcelona star battle it out in game of mini basketball
HAVING lost his tennis number one crown, Novak Djokovic could look towards basketball as a new career.
Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2016 by Dailystar.co.uk
The Serbian was captured going head-to-head with Barcelona star Gerard Pique in a game of mini-basketball in London.
The pair met up in the UK capital after Djokovic beat Austria's Dominic Thiem in his opening match at the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals.
Pique was spotted in the crowd just two seats away from Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho at the O2 Arena, where they watched the Serbian star in action.
CLASH OF SPORTS: Djokovic and Pique battled over mini basketball
And after the 29-year-old saw off his rival in three sets, the pair decided to have a match of their own in one of the O2’s back rooms.
Footage of the mini-match, now going viral on social media, shows the duo taking turns trying to score the small basketball through the tiny hoop.
The competitive sports stars shout and yell as they each score and miss their shots, with the video claiming a draw was the end result.
STALEMATE: The two sports stars drew the game apparently
Djokovic later shared the footage with the caption: "It’s never to late for basketball career (sic)."
Djokovic - considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time - is now the World Number 2 after British tennis star Andy Murray, 29, won the top spot.
The Scot is the first new player to top the rankings since 2011 but the pair are still vying for the year-end Number 1 spot, which will be decided at the ATP event at the O2 Arena.
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