"Not a single personality in tennis who comes close to this guy in fun" - Novak Djokovic speaking Mandarin at 2024 United Cup leaves fans amazed

Novak Djokovic amused tennis fans by speaking in Mandarin following Serbia's 2-1 victory over China at the 2024 United Cup in Perth.

Djokovic is one of the best-known multi-linguists on tour right now. The 36-year-old can speak a whopping 10 languages apart from his mother tongue: English, French, Mandarin, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, and Japanese.

The short video of Novak Djokovic speaking candidly in Chinese quickly went viral on social media. One of the his fans asserted that the 24-time Slam champion was unrivalled in "ingenuinty, fun, quirkiness, discipline and GOATness."

"Man, there's not a single personality in tennis who comes close to this guy in ingenuinty, fun, quirkiness, discipline and goatness," they wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

One of the Chinese natives on social media also vouched for Djokovic's grasp on the language.

"Not bad at all, I can totally understand it," a fan named Leo Hu wrote.

Another fan, meanwhile, proclaimed the World No. 1 as the "Master of cross culture communication" due to his multilinguistic skills.

"Master of cross culture communication," they wrote.

Here are a few more reactions from the tennis universe on social media:

Novak Djokovic also spoke fluent Mandarin during trophy ceremony at Shanghai Masters 2018

The Serb poses with the 2018 Shanghai Masters trophy

Novak Djokovic has a strong connection with China, considering his haul of titles at the Beijing Open (6) and Shanghai Masters (4). He also won the year-end championships in Shanghai and secured a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Djokovic has a huge fan following in China by virtue of his past triumphs. The Serb had a nice surprise for his Chinese fans in 2018, when he spoke in Mandarin following his Shanghai Masters championship match win over Borna Coric.

The-then 31-year-old spoke fluent Mandarin in his winner's speech during the trophy ceremony and even helped the runner-up Coric say a few phrases like 'Wo ai ni' (I love you) to the fans.

Here is a compilation video of all instances where the Serb spoke in Mandarin:

The 10-time Australian Open winner and his partner Olga Danilovic, meanwhile, will be eager to ensure that Serbia top their group. The duo will take on the Czech pair of Jiri Lehecka and Marketa Vondrousova on Tuesday (January 2).