Djokovic's daughter steals the show at Wimbledon with her victory dance
Tara Djokovic's victory dance brought a smile to dad's face. Everybody else's, too.
Djokovic had just clinched his 100th Wimbledon singles win and was asked during his on-court interview to shed light on the little dance he's been doing recently.
He said it's done to a song called "Pump It Up."
"There's a song with my kids — look my daughter's doing it right now,' a smiling Djokovic said as he looked into the crowd. "You want to show it darling?'
Tara does a dance as she celebrates her father victory at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Saturday. AP
The TV camera then panned to Tara, who then showed everyone how it's done: pump your fists down, then left, right and overhead.
The crowd roared.
"She's the master. It's a little tradition we have right now. Hopefully we can keep going so we can keep pumping more in Wimbledon.'
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