Deepika Padukone opens up on dinner date with Novak Djokovic

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Deepika Padukone (L) and Novak Djokovic

Remember when Deepika Padukone was clicked on a dinner date with Novak Djokovic in 2016? Their meeting was all over the news, after a British tabloid failed to recognise Deepika and referred to her as Novak’s “female companion”.

“I think it’s very exciting to meet people who are champions and are so talented at what they do. I have learnt so much,” she said.

Deepika, who has also met Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the last few years, said that she picked up quite a lot from them. “There’s so much similarity, as far as sport is concerned. I think I have been that person who takes a lot from sport and uses it in everyday life,” she said.

Interestingly, Novak’s ex-girlfriend Lidija Popovic aka DJ Lady Lee had suggested in an interview last year that he would be happier in a relationship with Deepika, which sent the tabloids into a frenzy.

However, Deepika and Novak are just friends. In fact, she is also friends with his wife, Jelena Ristic, and the two were clicked together at Wimbledon 2015 finals.