Tennis mixed doubles has its moment at the Olympics

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Novak Djokovic unleashed a scream as if he had just won one of his 20 Grand Slam titles. This being the slightly less prestigious mixed doubles competition at the Tokyo Olympics, Serbian partner Nina Stojanovic broke out into a fit of laughter at Djokovic’s outsized reaction after he served out a first-round win over the Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Marcelo Melo. The contrast in personalities proved to be a winning formula in Djokovic’s first competitive mixed doubles tournament in 15 years.

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