GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy: Ever the prankster, Novak Djokovic walked out onto the first tee for the Ryder Cup All-Star match with a tennis racket in his hand and pretended to take a swing at his golf ball.
'It actually would be better for me,' the 24-time Grand Slam champion said Wednesday before going back to his bag and pulling out his driver.Turns out he knows how to use a golf club, too.Djokovic drove his tee shot down the right side of the fairway into the first cut, hit his second shot onto the green within 18 feet and left his birdie putt just short of the hole for a gimme and a par 4.
Before his shots, Djokovic repeatedly went in and out of his set-up position, kind of like the way he often bounces the ball countless times before the toss for his serve in tennis.Soccer stars Andriy Shevchenko and Gareth Bale also participated in the All-Star event, as well as Formula One driver Carlos Sainz.Djokovic plans to return to the Marco Simone club outside Rome for the start of the Ryder Cup on Friday .'I have to experience this unique atmosphere. At 7 a.m. on Friday, I hear it...
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