Our favourite sports stars celebrate their victories in many different ways. From whooping, jumping with joy, kissing the trophy, biting the medal to popping open a bottle of bubbly, we’ve seen it all.
Sweet 16.
Grand Slam title No.16 for @DjokerNole 😘#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Pdsn7fUPYz
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2019
Cricketer Chris Gayle celebrates by dancing or doing push-ups and who could possibly forget Sourav Ganguly waving his shirt in the Lord’s balcony after Team India won the Natwest series final way back in 2002.
But when Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in the Wimbledon finals, his celebration was peculiar, to say the least. He pulled out some grass from the All England Club’s centre court and ate it!
Number five tastes good 🌱#Wimbledon | @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/ktpL2usWOw
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2019
But why did he do it? Here’s the answer.
Why did #Djokovic eat the grass? pic.twitter.com/3N8xdmYV2I
— Matt (@_o_Matt_) July 14, 2019
This isn’t the first time the Serbian has done this. It is a sort of tradition that started when he won his first Wimbledon trophy in 2011. CNN quoted him explaining,
“It’s a little tradition obviously. As a kid I was dreaming of winning Wimbledon, so, like every child, you dream of doing something crazy when you actually achieve it — if you achieve it — and that was one of the things.”
But tennis fans have been joking that he might’ve been hungry after a strenuous match that lasted almost 5 hours while others are saying that is exactly what a GOAT eats. Take a look.
Novak Djokovic eating grass like a GOAT that he is 😤 #Wimbledon2019 pic.twitter.com/U6xf9b67rV
— Simphiwe Majola (@simphiwe_majola) July 14, 2019
Meanwhile on the international grass market…
Golden green 🙂#WimbledonFinal #Wimbledon #Wimbledon2019 #NoleFam #Djokovic #DjokovicFederer #ATPTour #tennis #Nole #legend #GOAT pic.twitter.com/6RlvP47roF
— bez_Slovaka_nema_Novaka (@slovak4novak) July 15, 2019
Djokovic is so dilusional and hungry he’s eating grass and I’m okay with it
— Julie Stewart-Binks (@JSB_TV) July 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/GregScottTV/status/1150467794137489413
When they call u G.O.A.T and u decide to eat grass.#Wimbledon2019 #wimbeldon2019 #Djokovic #DjokovicFederer pic.twitter.com/aM5SrFX3A5
— De-Moore (@CoolMoore_) July 14, 2019
Best-tasting grass anywhere, I’m sure. #Djokovic #Wimbledon
— Ian G (@FakeIanG) July 14, 2019
Djokovic literally eating grass after winning is a whole new mood #WimbledonFinal
— Tiash De (@Tiash96) July 14, 2019
Do you have a special (or unusual) way of celebrating victories too? We’d love to know.